Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared the biggest outcome he wants from the gathering is a 'new culture of cooperation' where people and organisations work together to advance common interests.
abc.net.au/news/albanese-government-invitees-revealed-key-groups-unite-on-jobs/101389044Trade unions will play a major role in the government's jobs and skills summit this week with more than 30 officials invited from across the country.
"While you can't represent the full diversity of Australia with a room full of people, we're giving as many individuals a voice through this process as we can," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the summit will bring together people with diverse views and experiences.The major business and employer lobby groups, which along with the Australian Council of Trade Unions have been at the centre of much pre-summit wrangling, are also all attending.
But on Tuesday afternoon the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Australian Industry Group and the Business Council of Australia formed a united front, issuing a "joint statement of ambition". "Allowing workers to band together across workplaces to bargain is an essential way of getting wages moving again," ACTU secretary Sally McManus said last week.
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