The new government is taking up the reins, with climate and the economy firmly on the agenda in the first week. Meanwhile, the Coalition is adjusting to life out of power.
“I had a moment of sitting in the chamber on the first day on Tuesday, and looking up to see the school kids up above,” Violi tells“I couldn’t help but reflect on when I was up there in grade six,” he says. “I definitely never predicted that I’d be on the other side of the glass some day.”
On climate change, health, aged care, industrial relations, the economy, and Indigenous recognition, Labor has wasted no time advancing nearly 20 pieces of legislation in parliament — moving to deliver promises from its election platform and setting up a series of political fights for the term to come.
Chalmers revealed headline inflation would peak at close to 8 per cent and wages would need to grow at the fastest pace in a decade to catch up by 2024. Using updated Treasury forecasts, he said Australia’s 48-year low jobless rate will edge higher to 4 per cent, as inflation pushes up interest rates and slows economic growth.
The Prime Minister wants to forge a new kind of politics in Canberra, including lifting the tone of debate in parliament. “The Labor Party has sided with union bosses over homebuyers which will drive up construction costs,” Dutton said. “Why is Labor making a bad situation worse?”
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