Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has discussed various solutions to Australia’s labour shortage as the Jobs and Skills summit kicks off in Canberra today.
“We put a very practical suggestion, a tangible outcome that we get pensioners and veterans – give them an incentive to do more work without losing their pensions,” Mr Taylor told Sky News Australia.
“There is enough pensioners and veterans out there who want to do extra work that it would make a tangible difference. “We have heard crickets from the Labor Party – nothing, they could have done this, they could have got on with it weeks ago.”
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