Peter Dathan has accused the new Labor government of misleading voters by failing to advocate a 5.1 per cent increase in the minimum wage in a submission to the Honest Labor Commission.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has submitted an application to the commission calling for higher wages for Australia’s lowest paid workers.
However, the representation does not include a figure on how much to increase the minimum wage. During the election campaign, Mr. Albanese to keep up with rising inflation.
Mr Datan, who is expected to be named opposition leader next week, said the government had broken campaign promises.
“Anthony Albanese looked Australian workers in the eye and said he would absolutely support a 5.1 per cent pay rise,” he said.
“He looked the workers in the eye and lied to the workers.”
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles defended the government’s decision not to include an exact figure as to how much the minimum wage should rise.
“The focus of the presentation is what we have been saying throughout this election campaign … That is, those who receive the minimum wage should not be left out,” he told reporters in Melbourne on Friday.
“Those who receive the minimum wage should not receive a real reduction in wages.”
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles. Source: AAP / James Ross
The statement was filed with the Honest Workers Commission on Friday, but has not yet been released.
Mr Marles said it was important for the government to use its voice to argue for wage increases.
“We are experiencing a cost of living crisis in Australia due to the failures of the former liberal government,” he said.
“We see this with rising electricity prices, with rising gasoline prices.”
Richard Marles says “politicization” of asylum seekers intercepts “dangerous life”
This comes after Mr Marles said the investigation would investigate the involvement of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office in instructing Australian border forces. .
The decision was made after ABC revealed that the controversial announcement during his career period came after a request from Mr Morrison’s office.
Mr Marles said information about the involvement of the former prime minister’s office had put his life in danger.
“We have seen that our borders have become less secure. We saw that life was in danger, we saw that the national consensus on border security was undermined, ”he told reporters.
“It is absolutely clear that when it comes to national interests, the Liberal Party does not care.”
Mr Marles said Secretary of the Interior Mike Petzula would investigate the case.
SBS News contacted Mr. Morrison’s office for comment.
Australian border authorities found that the asylum boat was turned back the previous week, May 21 – the day of federal elections.
The Liberal Party also sent text messages to voters about the boat’s interception.
The text read: “PARAM: Australian border forces intercept an illegal boat trying to reach Australia. Save our borders by voting for the Liberals today. “.
Earlier, Mr Albanez said the move was a “complete abuse of due process” and that the usual protocols for publishing boat interceptions had not been followed.
“This statement was made so that it could make it easier to send … potentially many millions of text messages to voters at the last minute of the intimidation campaign,” he told ABC radio on Friday.
“A shameful act on the part of the government that was willing to politicize everything but decide nothing.”
Climate change in the Pacific is a “non-political argument”
Foreign Secretary Penny Wong says the Labor government has a “strong desire” to play its part in the Pacific and build stronger relations.
Speaking to the media in Suva, Fiji, Senator Wong acknowledged the effects of climate change in the region.
“Our message to the Pacific is clear. We are listening and we have heard you,” she said.
“One of the areas in which we are determined to make a difference is climate. I am very pleased that so many Australians have voted in favor of more decisive climate action.”
Senator Wong said she acknowledged that Fiji and other Pacific island countries have been highlighting the issue for “many years”.
“I remember when I was the Minister for Climate Change from 2007 to 2010 that the voices of the Pacific … spoke with such force because for you climate change is not abstract. This is not a political argument. It’s real. “
Senator Wong said the new government has put on the table a “much stronger” climate change policy, including a 43 percent emission reduction target by 2030 to reach zero emissions by 2050.
She said it would lead to most of Australia’s energy and electricity grids becoming renewable by the end of the decade.
“We have also supported a number of other politicians in the Pacific region, who are committed to recognizing that we want to build stronger relations, stronger ties, so reforms in the Pacific region through mobility schemes, additional funding for infrastructure,” she said.
“At the heart of this is a strong desire to play a role in the Pacific family and build stronger relationships, as well as additional ODA [Official Development Assistance]».
The work closes in on the majority
Three tough races will determine the number of Labor majorities in parliament as the vote count continues after the federal election.
On Friday morning, the Australian Electoral Commission led Labor with 75 seats against 59 from the coalition, the Greens with three seats and 12 seats on the bench.
McNamara and Brisbane seats without a predominant count of the two candidates.
In Brisbane, Madonna Jarrett of Labor holds the lead over the Greens, giving her a strong position to take the seat of Liberal MP Trevor Evans.
She is 672 votes ahead of Green candidate Stephen Bates.
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In the McNamara area of Labor, Labor MP Josh Burns leads in the majority of the vote with 32.2 per cent.
But his fate will be determined by the race between Liberal candidate Colin Harkin (29.5 per cent) and Greens ’Steph Hodgins-May (29.4 per cent).
Ms. Harkin is currently 102 votes ahead of Hodgins-May.
Liberal candidate Andrew Constance is 286 votes ahead of Labor MP Fiona Phillips in the electorate of Gilmore in New Wales, and votes in the mail slightly prefer Constance.
No seats have been officially announced.
Darren Chester will argue with Barnaby Joyce for leadership in the national team
Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Darren Chester has confirmed that he will challenge Barnaby Joyce to the Nationals leadership during a party meeting in Canberra.
“We need to be honest with each other in the party hall and take some responsibility for the loss of liberals in the city,” the Gipsland MP told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age late Thursday.
“The way we develop our policies, deliver our message and work with our coalition partners in the future will determine whether we can return to government and act for regional communities.”
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Nationals MP Anne Webster has publicly announced her application for deputy leadership position.
The statements by Mr. Chester and Dr. Webster were made ahead of a meeting of citizens in Canberra on Monday to highlight the positions of the leader held by Mr. Joyce and Deputy David Littleproud.
It is clear that former leader Michael McCormack and Mr Littleproud are also interested in the top job.
Mr Joyce said he would run for office even if there was a challenge, noting that his party had taken all the seats at the polls.
Nationalists automatically pour out leadership after the election.
With AAP.
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