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Shadow Minister for Employment Brendan O’Connor was today joined by Labor Senator for Queensland Murray Watt to meet with the owner of The Fastlane Drive-Thru Coffee, a small business in Rockhampton that has decided to maintain penalty rates for its employees.
Read MoreToday we will meet with the operators of the Good Money shop in Southport, which was established with funding from the Palaszczuk Labor Government. Since opening in April 2017 it has provided safe and affordable financial services for people on low incomes, who are otherwise excluded from mainstream financial services.
Read MoreLast week I saw firsthand the shocking impact of insecure work on mining communities throughout Central Queensland. Having spoken to workers, families and business owners in Tieri, Middlemount, Moranbah and Glenden, the explosion of casualisation and labour hire isn’t just an issue. It’s a crisis.
Read MoreThis evening I will meet with local GPs to hear what issues Gold Coast health professionals are facing and what Federal Labor can do to help. Since establishing a Senate office on the Gold Coast I have been contacted by local GPs whose practices and patients are suffering from the Turnbull Government’s attacks on Medicare, especially their refusal to lift the Medicare rebate freeze.
Read MoreLandry should have left that meeting and guaranteed Federal funding for the South Rockhampton Flood Levee. Instead, she’s decided that the next delay tactic will be to consult with her boss, the Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.
Read MoreThe Prime Minister's letter (see attached) shows that Michelle Landry is still not up to the job of standing up for Rockhampton and demanding that her own government provides funding for the South Rockhampton Flood Levee.
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