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Prime minister Anthony Albanese is speaking to the media from Whyalla in South Australia.
He has announced $70m in federal funding, creating $100m funding in total, for a large-scale hydrogen export terminal in South Australia.
Albanese said this investment is about “acknowledging we need to get ahead of the rest of the world” in what is a “competitive race to be ahead of the transition” to renewables.
If we do that we can secure jobs, secure our prosperity and secure Australia’s future.
8m ago22.15 EDT
Government to work with social enterprises to boost labour force participation, treasurer says
The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has just announced the details of the employment white paper and is due to speak to the media soon.
In a joint statement with the social services minister, Amanda Rishworth, Chalmers said the government will work with the social enterprise sector to boost labour force participation and economic development in some of the nation’s most disadvantaged communities.
Treasury and the department of social services will lead this work through the “targeting entrenched disadvantage agenda”, the statement says.
The statement says there are more than 12,000 social enterprises across the country with a workforce of more than 106,000 and about 58% are employment-based services.
Chalmers said:
This is something I care deeply about because I want to make more of a difference in communities like my own.
We’ll help more people into stable, well-paid employment if we work together.
When it comes to combating entrenched community disadvantage and helping people break down big barriers to employment, one size does not fit all. This is about partnering with the people who know these places best so we can back the policies and programs that work.
Updated at 22.23 EDT13m ago22.11 EDTPezzullo’s position ’untenable’, Sophie Scamps says
Independent MP Sophie Scamps has released a statement claiming that Michael Pezzullo’s position as home affairs secretary is “untenable”.
Pezzullo has been referred to the public service commissioner after a series of leaked texts called into question whether he made partisan interventions…
2023-09-24 21:06:08
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