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Discussion paper
Curtin’s wish: seven big ideas for a better, fairer Australia
Australia needs a government that can get on with the job. The John Curtin Research Centre has crafted a list of seven key policies a Labor Government under Bill Shorten should push for.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Have wages grown in five years under the Coalition only as much as they did in one year under Labor?
Despite the Turnbull Government predicting a rise in pay packets, former treasurer Wayne Swan says real private sector wages have grown just one per cent across the five years since the Coalition assumed office in 2013, and claims Labor achieved an equiva
Policy
Victorian Branch Australian Labor Party platform 2018
The policy platform of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party as it heads to the state election on 24 November 2018.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Are there powerful precedents which break with protocol for posthumously promoting John Monash to field marshal?
Military leaders are arguing against posthumously promoting John Marshal, saying it would run contrary to Australian military tradition, but Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims there are powerful precedents for such a decision.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Would companies that paid no tax in 2015-16 be unable to benefit from a tax cut so as to invest more and help lift wages?
The Business Council of Australia promises to invest more in Australia if the Government's proposed corporate tax is passed, arguing this would lead to higher wages. But Labor Senator Murray Watt claims this promise can't be fulfilled