Al Gore is coming to Australia, Anthony Albanese is overseas, and Tony Burke addresses the National Press Club. Welcome to this week in Australian politics.
The prime minister’s journey overseas was first reported by information.com.au’s Samantha Maiden yesterday. While Albanese did inform reporters he can be taking every week off, the truth that he and fiancée Jodie Haydon had been going abroad was not beforehand recognized.
“The Prime Minister’s Office has requested — and information.com.au has agreed — to not disclose Mr Albanese’s location till he returns from abroad,” Maiden’s report stated, including he was noticed flying economic system to a “tropical location” on the weekend.
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Albanese just isn’t the one Labor heavyweight going abroad: Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen might be in China and India this week for conferences along with his ministerial counterparts.
Meanwhile, again in Canberra, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and UNSW are launching a report on poverty charges this morning. The findings present the variety of individuals dwelling in poverty in Australia has elevated to at least one in seven. For extra on Australia’s cost-of-living state of affairs, learn economics correspondent Jason Murphy’s thought-provoking piece on grocery costs from late final month.
On Tuesday, one other report on inequality might be launched, this time in regards to the gender pay hole. The report by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) and the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre will grow to be public by Tuesday morning, in response to the AAP.
Later on Tuesday, investigative journalist Marian Wilkinson will lead a dialog on the University of Western Australia’s Octagon Theatre on the subject “Woodside vs the planet — how an organization captured a rustic”. Panel contributors will embrace Curtin MP Kate Chaney.
On Wednesday, a public discussion board might be held on the Copland Lecture Theatre in Canberra geared toward “debunking racist myths about immigration”. The Australia Institute’s Amy Remeikis might be talking — she not too long ago penned an article for Crikey in regards to the questions that ought to have been requested at Senate estimates that obtained loads of engagement from you, pricey readers. Check it out should you haven’t already.
At the National Press Club, we’ll be handled to 2 addresses. On Wednesday, Australian Industry and Defence Network chief govt Mike Johnson will talk about Australia’s “race for sovereignty” within the industrial and defence areas. The following day, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke will define his and the federal government’s strategy to the portfolio.
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On Thursday, the Investor Group on Climate Change will launch its annual summit, titled “Decoding the Transition”. Former US vice chairman Al Gore might be among the many audio system, alongside Climate Change Authority chair Matt Kean, in response to the AAP.
If you’re involved in extra information about local weather change and sustainability, try my story from final week about Monash University’s plans to close down its flagship sustainability institute and the response from workers.
Several of Australia’s main firms will maintain annual common conferences this week, together with Telstra, Commonwealth Bank, Origin Energy, and Stockland. If you’re inquisitive about which two of these firms earned a spot on Bernard Keane’s checklist of Australia’s worst, remember to try our protection of Crikey’s Alan Bond Award for Corporate Misconduct.
Finally, every week in Australian politics wouldn’t be full with out some Australian Bureau of Statistics releases. The ABS will report on constructing exercise and the nation’s labour drive, on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
