Rents could be up to 8 per cent lower under the government’s housing plan, Anthony Albanese pitched Labor as a long-term governing force and the Voice to parliament debate continues.
Three of the nation’s biggest unions are preparing to vote against a crucial Labor motion supporting the AUKUS pact, while two others could abstain from the motion, in a sign of the government’s inability to unite its supporters behind the controversial nuclear submarine deal.
Defence Minister Richard Marles will stare down concern about the AUKUS pact at the Labor Party national conference on Friday.“Our responsibility is to plan and build for what’s ahead,” he said in his opening speech on Thursday morning. After a day of tense negotiations between union chiefs, factional leaders and conference delegates, two, but stay tuned as ALP national president Wayne Swan will be interviewed shortly.James Massola
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