Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume says she can’t see the logic in the upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit “at all”.
“And that it’s not just a union-sponsored shopping list, that it’s actually going to have
concrete outcomes and recommendations that will improve the jobs market,” she told Sky News Australia.
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