5&5: Scared weird little guys

A big week in Parliament with some really important figures coming through late in the week showing unemployment down to 3.7 per cent. It means that since we came to office 790,000 jobs have been created. 

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Tony Burke
5&5: Blank Space

Another big week, with big pieces of legislation passing. On Tuesday we also had a really important event - the 16th anniversary of the National Apology to Stolen Generations.

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Tony Burke
5&5: The purpose of mugs

We learnt this week that the Greens Party have made a decision to team up with the Coalition against the Government’s agenda. They had a chance to vote on our Housing Australia Future Fund and instead of supporting tens of thousands of new homes – sided with the Libs and the Nats to defer a vote in the Senate. More on that later.


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Tony Burke
5&5: Tell me why

There’s plenty of ritual in Budget week. The lock-up, the speech, the mayhem that descends on the building. It used to involve serious policy conversations from the Opposition as well. But I guess not all traditions survive.

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Tony Burke