Key events
Victoria records 10 deaths and 2,013 new cases
Victoria has recorded 10 deaths and 2,013 new Covid cases:
NSW records 18 Covid deaths and 3,602 new cases
NSW is reporting 18 Covid related deaths overnight, and 3,602 new cases:
COVID-19 update – Saturday 3 September 2022
In the 24-hour reporting period to 4pm yesterday:
– 97% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine*
– 95.4% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine* pic.twitter.com/tohklZqR0T— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) September 2, 2022
Qantas boss warns against multi-employer bargaining
I wanted to just return to Qantas boss Alan Joyce’s comments this morning on industrial relations, which are an interesting reflection on the jobs and skills summit.
Joyce was quoted by the Australian newspaper questioning one of the central outcomes of the summit, multi-employer bargaining agreements, with Joyce warning against the idea:
The idea of industry wide bargaining is something Australia left behind a long time ago … and there were good reasons why.
In trying to solve one set of problems we need to be careful to avoid creating new ones.
What you don’t want is the pendulum swinging too far in either direction on industrial relations because the economy relies on getting the balance right.
Key takeaways from Labor’s jobs and skills summit
You could be excused for feeling a little lost at all the major and minor agreements and details that emerged from the jobs and skills summit, and you would not be alone.
Thankfully, Josh Butler has pulled together five key takeaways from the summit, which include changes to migration numbers, pension rules and bargaining, as well as what has been described as a renewed spirit of collaboration and cooperation with business and unions.
Josh Taylor
Barnaby Joyce on new Tamworth aged care facility being built next to a pub
Barnaby Joyce has joked that people can “pick up a bottle on the way home” from visiting a planned new aged care facility in his electorate, which is being built next to a pub and shops.
The shadow minister for veterans’ affairs and member for New England made the comments at the announced new 144-bed Signature Care facility in Tamworth on Friday.
He said:
You can come in there and see mum or dad, and pick up a bottle on the way home.
Seven News reported the facility was originally planned for a residential area, however the company has said while there will be some music from the pub, the facility will be sound-proofed.
Good morning
Good morning and happy Saturday to all, Mostafa Rachwani with you today, to take you through the day’s news.
We begin with fallout from the government’s jobs and skills summit, held over the last few days, with prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, emerging with “36 concrete areas of action that will happen this year”.
That hasn’t stopped criticism early this morning, with Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce telling the Australian industry wide bargaining, one of the central outcomes from the summit, was something “Australia left behind a long time ago … and there were good reasons why”.
In trying to solve one set of problems we need to be careful to avoid creating new ones.
It comes as northern NSW was issued flood warnings, with over 100mm of rain forecast for the mid-north coast over the coming hours. The entire northern half of NSW is on notice for heavy rain, gusty winds, flash flooding and large waves.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued minor to moderate flood warnings for the Darling, Murray, Edwards, Murrumbidgee, Lachlan, and Bogan Rivers, while minor flood warnings were issued for the Naomi and Macquarie Rivers, and an initial flood warning for the Orara, Bellinger and Hastings Rivers.
We will bring you all the latest on that as it happens, and everything else happening around the country.
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