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Labor Pledges to Boost Jobs, Cut Emission 43 Percent by 2030

The Australian Labor party has pledged to reduce Australia’s emissions, generate jobs, and cut power bills if it wins power at the next election. Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese on Friday unveiled the long-awaited emission policy, which he said will help to cut emissions by 43 percent by 2030 and keep Australia “on track for net-zero…


Walking Away From AUKUS and Towards Beijing: Australian Labor Party Foreign Policy

Commentary This week, the usually cautious Australian Labor Party (ALP) shadow minister for foreign affairs, Senator Penny Wong, gave a speech at the Australian National University (ANU), where she unveiled a telling glimpse into Labor’s China strategy if they are elected in the coming federal election. “Australia’s leaders should take the world as it is,”…


Walking Away From AUKUS and Towards Beijing: Australian Labor Party’s Foreign Policy

Commentary This week, the usually cautious Australian Labor Party (ALP) shadow minister for foreign affairs, Senator Penny Wong, gave a speech at the Australian National University (ANU), where she unveiled a telling glimpse into Labor’s China strategy if they are elected in the coming federal election. “Australia’s leaders should take the world as it is,”…


Domestic Violence Commissions Proposals by the Government and Labor

The federal government and the opposition have both promised to create a commissioner to oversee the prevention of domestic violence against women and children. The Coalition will spend $22.4 million (US$16.1 million) over the next five years on a commission to look at domestic, family and sexual violence under the next national plan to protect…


Labor Promises Faster Internet for More Homes and Businesses

The Australia Labor Party (ALP) has pledged to bring high-speed internet to 1.5 million additional homes and businesses through an upgrade of the National Broadband Network (NBN). The project will cost $2.4 billion dollars and accelerate ongoing NBN upgrades, giving Australians who now rely on copper wire connections the choice of having fibre connected directly…


Australia Safer Today Thanks To the Sacrifice of Veterans: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has thanked the 102,000 defence force veterans who gave their lives in service to make Australia a safer country today than it was in years past. Speaking at the Doncaster Returned Soldiers League (RSL) on Nov. 11, Morrison said Australians came together on Remembrance Day to honour the lives of those…


Vocal Opposition to Australian Government’s Move to Introduce Voter ID at Next Election

The federal government is introducing new laws that will require Australians to display voter ID when voting at next the federal election. The proposal has been met with strong criticism from the opposition leader and left-leaning groups with claims of “voter-suppression.” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the law was not “earth-shattering” and that the Joint…


Federal Labor Leader Backs Victorian MP Who Admitted to Branch Stacking

Australia’s national Labor Party Leader Anthony Albanese has expressed his support for federal Labor MP Anthony Byrne remaining in federal parliament despite ongoing corruption investigations. Byrne announced his resignation as the deputy chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security after admitting to involvement in branch stacking and misusing Commonwealth-funded staff, which Albanese…


Locals ‘Furious’ Over Labor’s Keneally Move, Former Candidate Says

The fresh-faced local Vietnamese-Australian Labor lower house candidate for the division of Fowler, lawyer Tu le,  has been replaced in a shock move by the Australian Labor Party with Senator Kristina Keneally, the former state premier who serves as the party’s deputy leader. Tu Le, who was backed by retiring Fowler MP Chris Hayes to…


Cash for Jabs: Labor Party Proposal Knocked Back By Federal Govt

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pushed back against the Labor Party’s plan to pay Australians a $300 payment to get a COVID-19 vaccination saying how Australians engaged with the program needed to be respected. The Labor Party called for the reward scheme on the weekend saying that it would help incentivise Australians to get fully vaccinated. Morrison blasted…