At the Labor Party’s national conference, the previously staunch left-winger cast himself as a consensus politician who would govern from the centre.
Labor unveiled a new slogan, “Working for Australia”, and delegates pushed progressive policies – from giving employees the “right to disconnect” to using corporate tax to build cheap houses – in part to counter the threat of the Greens on display at a protest outside the Brisbane convention centre., directing his comments at the Labor MPs inside the building behind him, said: “They’re locking in stage three tax cuts that will see every Labor politician in there get $9,000 extra a year off ...
Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney said in a speech to the national conference that she could not carry the weight of the Voice referendum on her own. Albanese praised Liberal rebels who supported the Voice advisory body and said Labor’s party machine would be key to winning the referendum.“I want you to give the answer to every Australian who has looked at the stark realities of Indigenous disadvantage and ask themselves: Well what can I do about it?
”After this referendum, a bit like the apology to the Stolen Generations, a bit like Mabo and Wik, a bit like native title, the 1967 referendum – when all this is done, people will look back and go, why didn’t we do it earlier?“Because there’s everything to gain and absolutely nothing to lose. No losers, just winners,” Albanese said.
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