On industrial relations, the Labor government hopped on board much of the union movement’s agenda, while business leaders just had to grit their teeth and mutter the devil will be in the detail.
The common ground Anthony Albanese craved bookended the first day of the Jobs and Skills Summit.
”Our goal and indeed our responsibility – all of us – is to carry the conversation to the common ground, where the work is done, and the progress is made.”outlined the tensions in the Australian economy.The “extraordinary position” of having the unemployment rate with a 3 in front of it had created a tight labour market allowing people to avoid the scarring effects of joblessness and in time should flow through to higher wages.
Wood challenged corporate Australia to not be afraid of healthy competition, saying it “is not just about lower prices, but the relentless quest to innovate to deliver new and better products and services”.“We should not want to be a country where firms see more upside in lobbying to get a better deal from policymakers than from investing in better products and services,” Wood said.ACTU secretary Sally McManus, BCA chief executive Jennifer Westacott and ACTU president Michele O’Neil.
“It especially reflects the influence of gender stereotypes and implicit biases that mean it’s not an even playing field,” she said. “Had purposeful action been taken at that time in 2008, we would now be seeing that first cohort of students entering the tertiary education system better equipped, with competencies and skills to take advantages of today’s opportunities.”Advertisement
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Summit achieves kumbaya moment, with one exceptionOn industrial relations, the Labor government hopped on board much of the union movement’s agenda, while business leaders just had to grit their teeth and mutter the devil will be in the detail.
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