The PM is courting a business community looking to work with his government – is a grand bargain on wages growth on the cards?
‘Anthony Albanese’s eyes are firmly on the jobs summit next month … summiting is an opening Labor salvo. Before things get fierce, let’s cooperate.’‘Anthony Albanese’s eyes are firmly on the jobs summit next month … summiting is an opening Labor salvo. Before things get fierce, let’s cooperate.’Last modified on Fri 5 Aug 2022 21.01 BST
The prime minister’s rebuttals were calm and quiet. He didn’t defend any bad behaviour by militant members of the construction union. His defence on gutting the ABCC was that all workers should face the same laws, not that there shouldn’t be guard rails ensuring people didn’t engage in unlawful behaviour on worksites.
, and politely called on Dutton to wake up to himself because rancid partisan politics was no substitute for policy certainty. Albanese could have responded by lavishly thanking the business groups for turning up on the right side of history 10 years too late.But the prime minister is a more patient person, and vengeance is not in his interests. Albanese is in capital accumulation mode. He senses institutional forces in the country want to be part of a new political story, and he’s been around long enough to know that sentiment won’t last forever.
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