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Anthony Albanese to pledge help for insecure workers as Labor stakes out election workplace battleground
Anthony Albanese will seek to make the next election a fight about insecure work rather than a referendum on the Government’s coronavirus response.
Key points:
- The Labor leader will deliver a major policy speech on Wednesday
- His party opposes the Government’s workplace reforms, and he wants improved conditions for those in the “gig” economy
- Mr Albanese wants the coming election to be fought on differing “visions” for the country, not the pandemic
In an attempted re-boot of Labor’s successful 2007 campaign against WorkChoices, the Opposition Leader will use a speech in Brisbane on Wednesday to accuse Prime Minister Scott Morrison of a “full-frontal attack” on pay, conditions and job security.
Labor has already flagged rejecting — in their…
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