FOUND: 8 - What They Never Told You

Grattan on Friday: Can Albanese government wring consensus from union-business impasse over industrial relations?

The escalating cost of living is your ally when you’re an opposition seeking election, but when you’re in office, it’s a rampaging beast to manage, economically and politically.

The Conversation · Aug 25, 2022

Employment Minister Tony Burke 'really interested' in multi-employer bargaining proposal as jobs summit looms

Employment Minister Tony Burke has expressed strong interest in a proposal put forward by the Australian Council of Trade Unions for multi-employer bargaining, saying he wants to see the idea "fleshed out".

ABC News · Aug 25, 2022

Sally McManus says union demands at job summit will centre on collective bargaining

Workers and their union representatives would be allowed to negotiate deals on pay and conditions with multiple employers at once and sometimes across entire sectors, under proposals the trade union movement will take to the Albanese government's upcoming jobs summit.

ABC News · Aug 24, 2022

Australia's permanent migration intake is about to climb, but there's more to it than just numbers

There are plenty of ideas on the table for next month's Jobs Summit, but there is one outcome that seems all but locked in.

ABC News · Aug 21, 2022

Where do the RBA and economists now stand on wages growth?

Decision makers are torn between wanting to lift wages for fairness and consumption, and wanting to keep wages down to control inflation.

The New Daily · Aug 21, 2022

‘Deeply negative’: Real wages plunge at fastest rate on record before jobs summit

Australian households are suffering under the sharpest decline in real wages on record as “sluggish” purchasing powercontinues to lag soaring prices.

The New Daily · Aug 17, 2022

Unions and employers agree 40,000 more migrants a year needed to fill Australia’s skills shortage

Consensus on migration and increasing subsidies for apprentices could pave way for policy reform at government’s jobs and skills summit

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2022

Wages, migration on jobs summit agenda

Flatlining wages, migration levels and the need to boost workforce participation for people living with disabilities will dominate the Jobs and Skills Summit.

AAP · Aug 16, 2022

Ideas welcome but tax cuts stay: Chalmers

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government is keen to hear from as many groups as possible at the upcoming jobs and skills summit, including the opposition.

AAP · Aug 10, 2022

Peter Dutton says Liberals will not attend government's national jobs summit

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton rejects an invitation to next month's national jobs summit, which the government is spruiking as a key moment in designing its economic and workplace policy.

ABC News · Aug 10, 2022