Australia is at a crucial intersection.
\nFrom a weakening economy and growing job insecurity, to the challenge of climate change and an ageing population \u2013 Australia needs a plan.
\nBut Australia has a government that has no agenda, let alone a plan for the future.
\nIt\u2019s a government that is characterised by being scared of the present and terrified of the future.
\nSo Labor is turning its focus forward \u2013 to what the Australian people need so they can build a safe, prosperous and secure future.
\nAnd we\u2019ll be guided every step of the way by our values: Labor values.
\nThat\u2019s why today, I began laying down the framework that will guide the policies that Labor will take to the election.
\nThis one focused on the very heart of Labor\u2019s mission: jobs and the future of work.
\nAnd I wanted you to hear directly from me about how Labor can lead Australia confidently into the future.
\nIn my speech today, I outlined the ways that Australia can prepare for the future of work, including:
\nEmbracing a new manufacturing boom \u2014 and all the jobs that will come with it \u2014 by becoming a green energy superpower
\nExporting the minerals that will fuel the clean energy economies of the future \u2013 minerals like lithium, which is used in electric cars and batteries
\nBeginning a new national project to repair our TAFE and training system by establishing Jobs and Skills Australia \u2013 a real, genuine partnership between unions, business, government and TAFE to make sure workers are getting the skills they need for the jobs of tomorrow
\nChanging the culture of workplaces so unequal pay, segregation, sexual harassment and discrimination are things of the past \u2013 and that women can be seen on construction or mining sites as equally as men are seen in our places of care
\nSupporting Australia\u2019s creative industries \u2013 hamstrung by cuts, lack of investment and outdated policy settings \u2013 because imagination and creativity are two of Australia\u2019s other great renewable resources
\nMaking sure workers in the gig economy are protected just as much as workers in more traditional industries
\nWe know Australia can\u2019t assume economic success is inevitable.
\nWe can watch the tidal wave of change coming and be swept away by it – or we can protect our citizens by giving them a fair shot at a prosperous future.
\nBut Labor doesn\u2019t believe that Government should simply get out of the way and leave it to the market alone. We know that trickle-down economics only rains down misery on working people.
\nAustralians can build a safe, prosperous and secure future if we establish the conditions in which their own efforts are rewarded.
\nIn the coming decades, we need to create the conditions to prosper in our changing and dynamic world.
\nThere is absolutely no sign that the Morrison Government even understands this challenge, let alone possesses the will to tackle it. They are complacent and have no plan.
\nLabor is prepared to take it on.
\nWe know we can do this as long as we work together and present a vision for the future.
\nBecause whatever the economic challenges we face, a fair day\u2019s work for a fair day\u2019s pay is still a concept worth aspiring to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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