Australia politics live: reprieve for Alan Joyce as Senate votes against reviving Qantas inquiry
by Mostafa Rachwani (now) and Amy Remeikis (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#6JWP6)
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Parliamentary sparkies walk off job in pay protest
Parliament House electricians and tradies are walking off the job for 24-hours today in protest of their wages.
I would say to the government, if not, why not? We need to have enforceable rules about this. We need to have clear, publicly available selection criteria - that's not asking too much.
...We need to have laws that have teeth on this so that governments of all persuasions can be held accountable for what they do.
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