PM trumpets social media ban for under-16s, housing package and Future Made in Australia bill, saying government is ‘getting things done’
Anthony Albanese has trumpeted the government’s legislative success for making a “difference” for Australians, but denied parliament’s last-week bill rush means Labor is preparing the way for an early election.– and a total of 45 this week – which the finance minister, Katy Gallagher, described as “extraordinary”, although not a record.
Albanese said the government knew “the real value of what happens in here is the difference that it makes to people’s lives out there”.increasing supply of build to rent properties by 80,000 and helping 40,000 Australians buy a home through Labor’s shared equity scheme.Albanese said that after consultations across the parliament Labor “particularly thought that the Coalition were going to support the agenda to take big money out of politics”.
The comments indicate the electoral danger of the Coalition continuing to campaign against the reforms, especially in Western Australia, unless they are formally dropped, which will also be a consideration for Labor evaluating whether to retain its commitment to cut tax concessions on big super balances.
Asked how soon Australia could begin paying countries to take non-citizens and if he could guarantee deals would only be struck with signatories to the refugee convention, Albanese replied: “We’ll implement our legislation.”
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