With less than a year to go until the latest date for an election, the government is looking overwhelmed by its list of 'still to do' and 'issues outstanding' items.
The Albanese government might be likened to the harried house-husband struggling with untidy rooms, dog hairs on the carpet, and piles of clothes in or waiting for the washing machine.
Deals must soon be clinched on some major items if the government is to avoid them becoming "fails" on the report card.The minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Bill Shorten, has legislation to reform the scheme due to be debated in the Senate when parliament resumes on Monday after the winter recess.
Negotiations aiming for a bipartisan agreement to put aged care funding on a more sustainable basis have dragged on endlessly, with legislation yet to be introduced.More immediately, the battle with the nefarious CFMEU has become predictably difficult. The Fair Work Commission's general manager, who is the regulator, has applied to the Federal Court to install an administrator in the union's construction division.
Months ago, at risk of another rebuff from the High Court, the government tried to rush through legislation to make it a crime for non-citizens to refuse to cooperate in their deportation . An August interest rate hike was avoided with better-than-feared inflation figures, but the relief has been dampened by a public row breaking out this week between the Reserve Bank and the government over the role of its spending in contributing to, or reducing, inflation.
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