Labor frontbencher Murray Watt says Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke took 'appropriate precautions' since buying a Chinese-made EV, after it came up in estimates.
Labor frontbencher Murray Watt says Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke took "appropriate precautions" since buying a Chinese-made EV, after it came up in estimates.
"What we are seeing is people who did not have the opportunity either to start a course or to change careers having the opportunity to do that."The focus on the TAFE completion rate follows Labor's pledge to make 100,000 fee-free places available every year should the government be re-elected.says it's all well and good for those independents with a less than a one-hour flight to "grandstand" on the issue.
"People who have big debts, HECS debts across the country, are going to benefit from this. That's real money. So not superficial at all, it's real. It's important. Cost of living support is important," he says.that "everything is on track" to resolve the outstanding bans on Australian trade.Rock lobsters, as well as bans on two Aussie beef abattoirs are the last of the pandemic-era trade barriers to be lifted.
The former NSW Liberal treasurer and energy minister drove investment in renewable energy in his time in office and assessed – and dismissed – nuclear power as a viable option for the state. "As such, defence has decided to cease its current procurement activity with Lockheed Martin Australia for a single orbit GEO-based satellite communications system."This might sound unremarkable, but it comes against the backdrop of a debate in several Western countries about whether Chinese made EVs could pose a risk to national security.
"We stood up to Qantas when Qantas were arguing that labour hire workers should be underpaid," he says. Will the Prime Minister take responsibility for the cost of living pain that Australians are feeling today?"I think he meant 2025, maybe rather than 2015," he says."He's only a decade out.""I assume he has someone who turns the IMF reports into little cartoons so he can understand," he adds.The PM announced the policy on the weekend at a campaign-style rally in Adelaide.
Under the proposal, Coles and Woolworths would be forced to sell off stores or land to smaller supermarkets if fines failed to stop any anti-competitive behaviour.replies there's better way to crack down on anti-competitive behaviour, noting divestiture powers are a "blunt instrument".
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