The Prime Minister said the Jobs and Skills Summit would be 'focused on lifting wages and lifting profits in a way that doesn't put pressure on inflation'.
The Jobs and Skills Summit that will be held in a fortnight will not be as"ambitious" as going for the sort of Prices and Incomes Accord that Bob Hawke had introduced after his economic summit in 1983, but it will be about bringing employers and unions together and working to improve wages and profits without causing inflation to rise, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Jobs and Skills summit will be focussed on improving wages and profits without putting pressure on inflation. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage "Our task is to get on with that agenda, which we are doing, but to set Australia up for what are the next lot of reforms...I think that's a strength. Through collaboration, you'll get better outcomes.
Mr Albanese said he wanted the Referendum on whether an Indigenous Voice advisory body to be enshrined in the constitution to be held this term. "If you want to improve housing, health and education outcomes as well as close the gap on life expectancy, don't make those decisions in Canberra in isolation from asking the people directly impacted by those decisions."
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