Property market revival continues; employment minister dismisses wage price spiral fears – as it happened

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Birmingham says cost of Coalition's jobseeker plan is being worked through'

Asked whether the Coalition would support a lift to the jobseeker payment, Birmingham tells David Speers that Peter Dutton has proposed an important alternative that would help Australians who are willing to and looking to engage in the workforce".

We've outlined an alternative at this stage, David. We are not at an election and not about to firm government in the next two years.

That clarity should be there before the prime minister entertains a formal state visit to Beijing.

We should expect them to be lifted complete, as we should the tariffs on our wine industry.