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many employers don't want new migrants

  • Written by: Andreas Cebulla, Senior Research Fellow, South Australian Centre for Economic Studies , University of Adelaide
many employers don't want new migrantsMany skilled migrants in South Australia have found themselves in a classic Catch-22 situation – they can’t get local experience because they don’t have local experience.Shutterstock

Skilled migration, a mainstay of Australia’s economic and population policies, should be a win-win.

Federal and state governments are looking...

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John Setka resigns from ALP, attacks Albanese

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has finally seen off John Setka from the ALP, with the militant construction union leader capitulating and quitting the party.

Setka, who lost a court case he brought in his fight against expulsion, had launched an appeal to try to thwart Albanese’s determination to remove him.

But he withdrew the appeal and...

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Nationals leader Michael McCormack acknowledges snafu over Hanson dairy deal

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Nationals leader Michael McCormack has admitted his party should have better handled agriculture minister Bridget McKenzie’s bring-forward of the planned dairy code.

Some Nationals were furious when McKenzie suddenly sped up the code’s preparation in a government deal with Pauline Hanson after they had been told the code - for which...

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Deputy PM Michael McCormack on the drought and restive Nationals

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

While the drought continues to hit the Nationals’ constituents hard, the party faces testing terrain on a political level.

In this episode of Politics with Michelle Grattan, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack acknowledges the mishandling of the bring-forward of the dairy code, which will increase the negotiating power of milk producers.

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  26. To bolster our fragile road and rail system we need to add a 'micro-mobility' network
  27. Can Ne Zha, the Chinese superhero with $1b at the box office, teach us how to raise good kids?
  28. Breaking Pauline Hanson's 'strike' has taken skin off Bridget McKenzie
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  33. Morrison says China knows 'where Australia is coming from', after meeting Chinese vice-president
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