Who knows? All of the evidence says not. But it needs to happen, at the AFR is former Costello staffer David Alexander: The benign view of the rise of authoritarian China, a view underpinning three decades of policymakers pressing for ever greater integration with that country, suffered a mortal blow when the superpower handed over The post Can Labor break Keating's China chokehold? appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Ahead of Non Farm Payrolls on Friday, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics has posted poor employment figures for 2020, providing a sobering reminder of the devastation of jobs last year: 242 out of 389 metropolitan areas had decreases in employment for the year ended November 2020 From November 2019 to November 2020, 242 metropolitan The post US Labor Market sours appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Via Domain: Labor frontbencher Joel Fitzgibbon is set to quit the opposition shadow cabinet amid a growing fight over its future climate change and energy policies. Mr Fitzgibbon is expected to call a press conference later this morning after telling caucus he will sit on the backbench because he believes the party has alienated its The post Labor boots Fitzgibbon appeared first on MacroBusiness.

<p>Labor has accused the government of giving workers a summer holiday pay cut as it pushes ahead with plans to alter penalty rates. </p>

Via the AFR: Over the last year, Dr Lowe has provided views on the impact on wages from higher superannuation, regulation requirements around responsible lending laws and buy now, pay later providers, and the need for state governments to contribute more of the fiscal heavy lifting during the COVID-19 recession. But Mr Jones thinks Dr Lowe has gone too far. The post Labor: Muzzle Phil Lowe appeared first on…

The Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources, Joel Fitzgibbon, has announced he is quitting the Labor frontbench.

BILL Shorten believes Labor can still win next Saturday's election despite new opinion polling predicting his party will struggle to take back the key seats needed to become the next government.

Australia's vaccine rollout pencilled for March has been slammed as too slow – with the opposition accusing the government of sitting on its hands as coronavirus continues to flare.

After a week of asking the Prime Minister no questions, Labor has ditched the silent treatment to grill Scott Morrison over childcare.

A sea of red has swung Labor's way early in the Queensland election count, with incumbent Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk stealing ground from the LNP in key electorates.

The systematic running-down of public housing by governments over a few decades is not news. However, in Western Australia the situation has become particularly desperate, writes Sam Wainwright.

As they should. At The Fake Left: The Labor frontbencher Andrew Leigh has written to more than 200 big companies, including Apple, McDonald's and Microsoft, asking them to reveal whether they have received jobkeeper subsidies and used the money to pay shareholder dividends or executive bonuses. His move comes amid investor disquiet over what has

Shadow education minister Tanya Plibersek says the federal government should use "every tool at its disposal" to achieve full employment. Plibersek has used a Sydney Institute speech to argue that an official target for full employment should include both the private and public sectors. She also said action needs to be taken to address the The post Labor calls for full employment appeared first on MacroBusiness.

The Electoral Commission of Queensland has declared Labor as the victors in two recounts, officially delivering them 52 seats in the new parliament.

Opposition agriculture and resources spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon will quit Labor's shadow cabinet.

The LNP's stronghold on the Sunshine Coast has come to an end, with Labor set to pick up as many as four seats in the Queensland parliament.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has urged the federal government to press ahead with its proposed national integrity commission in the wake of revelations about a controversial land deal at Badgerys Creek in New South Wales. The government paid $30 million for land at the site of Sydney's new airport that was subsequently valued at just

The Australian Federal Police have launched an investigation into the Commonwealth's controversial purchase of the 'Leppington Triangle' for nearly ten times the asking price.

Labor claims changes would mean workers could lose $1000

China continues its assault on Australia today: A perfect picture of hypocrisy/Global Times Cartoon pic.twitter.com/o64bN19QWr — Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) December 2, 2020 And this: WeChat have censored Scott Morrison's post to the Chinese public, on the grounds it "involves use of content that incites, misleads, has non objective facts" or "fabricates societal/historical issues", as The post Labor demands…