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“I think that was expected, given the various resource constraints that there are on the budget, on our available workforce, in particular areas of construction, for example. Where we felt what the Greens were seeking was neither practical or affordable in this parliamentary term,” he said. Source link
Glazebrook was not on the Blackbird team that invested in PsiQuantum, but worked with the company as Husic visited its headquarters in the US in late 2022 and early 2023. She went on maternity leave from July 2023 and was not active when the government finalised its deal with PsiQuantum. Husic appointed Glazebrook to the […]
Boeing machinists approved a new labor deal Monday, ending a more than seven-week strike that halted most of the aircraft production at the company that was already struggling with mounting losses. Machinists voted 59% in favor of the new contract, which includes 38% wage increases over four years and other improvements. The approval is a […]
Good morning Well hello, Australia, and welcome to the third-last sitting week of the parliamentary year. I just learned that the word for that is “antepenultimate”. Prime minister Anthony Albanese joined South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas yesterday to kick off what some are referring to as the election campaign. When we’re all distracted by the […]
After more than 40 years with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Carol Lombardini is preparing to step down from her role as chief negotiator of labor contracts for Hollywood’s major studios and streamers. Lombardini had long planned to retire in 2025, AMPTP confirmed. She will remain at the helm as the organization […]
Investigations editor Ross Jones and IA founder Dave Donovan spent days on the ground last week interviewing locals and politicians, and following the antics of the infamous James Ashby and his equally notorious boss, Pauline Hanson, ahead of One Nation’s tilt for the Queensland seat of Keppel, while managing editor Michelle Pini grilled him in […]
An increasingly malevolent LNP, clutching desperately for power in Queensland this weekend, take their stereotypical “law and order” campaign a jackbooted step further to now target vulnerable children. Dr Lee Duffield reports. THE QUEENSLAND ELECTION this weekend turns on the Liberal-National proposal to gaol First Nations children. That proposal conjures up core ideas about civilisation: whether to deal with a crisis […]
The Brazilian Central Bank has released its second Firmus survey, revealing shifting economic perspectives among non-financial businesses. The survey, conducted in August 2024, gathered insights from 95 companies, offering a glimpse into their economic outlook and business expectations. Inflation projections for 2024 have risen since the previous survey. Business leaders now anticipate a 4.20% inflation […]
What they said Resolve director Jim Reed said it was unusual for a campaign to produce such a shift. “Labor have certainly won the battle, even if they don’t win the war,” he said. A five- to six-percentage point statewide swing to the LNP put a “question mark” over a majority, but its concentration in […]
With the Queensland election next Saturday, the newsrooms have ensured voters are profoundly misinformed, as Alan Austin reports. IN JUST TEN MONTHS, Queensland’s fresh new premier has impressed objective observers with his economic achievements. Steven Miles has found jobs for an extra 78,100 Queenslanders (seasonally adjusted), more than half of them full-time. That was a […]