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Perhaps not since the marriage equality vote has the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives carried such a combination of substantive and symbolic import as the Albanese government’s climate legislation.

The opposition has been left looking like a stranded asset on the climate issue, adrift from a pragmatic business community.

The opposition has been left looking like a stranded asset on the climate issue, adrift from a pragmatic business community.

The opposition has been left looking like a stranded asset on the climate issue, adrift from a pragmatic business community.

The opposition has been left looking like a stranded asset on the climate issue, adrift from a pragmatic business community.

Secret documents from inside the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) reveal staff were warned against directing industry bodies and supporters to help the Morrison government win the 2022 federal election.

The construction union is appealing a near-record $1.2 million penalty from the Federal Court over protests it held at a Sydney crane site.

After the further detail was revealed on Wednesday, the shadow attorney-general questioned why the scheme was used as a “sword, not a shield”.

Labor must overhaul complex rules ensuring workers on agreements are better off than the minimum if it is to fix the “broken” enterprise bargaining system.

Anthony Albanese and his new government have to decide which old things they want to keep, and which they wish to throw away. More importantly, they have to bring the rest of us along for the ride.