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Next Week, Labor will introduce legislation to Parliament to protect penalty rates.

The Bill will protect crucial entitlements for around 2.6 million modern award-reliant workers, many who count on penalty rates to make ends meet.
July 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The facts: New figures from the Bureau of Statistics show Australian workers are earning a greater share of national income under Labor.

The wage share of income has risen to 54.2 per cent under the Albanese Government, up from 49 per cent under the Liberals.
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
From this month, Paid Parental Leave is now 24 weeks, with superannuation included for the first time ever #Paidparentalleave #auspol #politas @australianlabor.bsky.social #families
July 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
ICYMI - from 1 July, Paid Parental Leave is now 24 weeks, with superannuation included for the first time ever.
July 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“Good economics twinned with strong social policy is absolutely imperative. History shows that in the absence of a fair go for working people, trouble follows.” | Wayne Swan satpa.pe/0s00HSz
How super strengthens Australian democracy
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October 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
BREAKING: Labor's bill to Protect penalty rates of 2.6 million workers has passed the Parliament. 🙌
Penalty rates = protected.
August 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#LaborThings #AlwaysLabor #134Years #Auspol So happy for my indigenous comrades and Aboriginal people everywhere.
Treaty vote has passed in Parliament of Victoria, Australia.

#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe 🖤💛❤️

#auspol #springst
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#BREAKING: The Fair Work Commission’s Expert Panel today announced the National Minimum Wage and award wages will increase by 3.5 per cent from 1 July 2025, following the 2024-25 Annual Wage Review.
June 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
No application, no forms. Just real cost of living relief ✅
July 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
A pay rise above inflation for up to 2.9 million workers #Payrise #auspol #politas @australianlabor.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
July 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Fifty years ago, Gough Whitlam’s Racial Discrimination Act 1975 came into effect. 

It was a turning point that legislated what we already knew in our hearts, that racism has no place here.
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"The prime minister has volunteered at the kitchen for years".... That's the difference #LaborThings #Auspol

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese serves hot meals with a side of hope for Christmas lunch
Armed with gloves, apron and tongs, politicians from across the aisle gathered to serve festive fare at the Rev Bill Crews Foundation in Sydney
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December 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
September 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
... and a deal to reform national environmental protection legislation along the way... #LaborThings #Auspol
We're getting on with the job.

We’ve delivered the largest annual fall in emissions outside the pandemic.
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM