with SENATOR PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS LABOR SENATOR FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA The Morrison-Joyce Government’s announced changes to Pacific labour mobility programs fail to address the most critical issues the schemes are currently facing.
Read MoreReports today that Pacific Island workers are earning just over $9 an hour working at an abattoir under the Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS) are just the latest example of worker exploitation by labour hire companies under this program.
Read MoreAs NSW’s COVID-19 health crisis deepens, working families across the Hunter and Central Coast are hurting as a direct result of the Morrison-Joyce Government’s 18 months of failures on vaccines, quarantine, and economic supports.
Read MoreThe Morrison-Joyce Government must urgently supply more COVID-19 vaccines to the Lake Macquarie region to get on top of what could be a significant outbreak in our region.
Read Morewith SENATOR KRISTINA KENEALLY SHADOW MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS SHADOW MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP and JULIE COLLINS MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE Producers will be feeling a keen sense of déjà vu today with yet another announcement on an agriculture visa that delivers nothing as crippling workforce shortages grow.
Read MoreToday marks six months since Advent Energy’s Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP 11) licence was due to expire and we have heard crickets from the Federal Minister for Resources, Keith Pitt about its future.
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