What are we here for? Anthony Albanese’s Labor government faces the defining test of its appetite for reform

In the first of a two-part series, Labor insiders weigh up the competing stresses on the government in what was meant to be its central year to deliver change Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The night before Jim Chalmers addressed business economists in Melbourne to warn of the severe budget damage a prolonged war in the Middle East could cause, he fronted a very different crowd in Brisbane. The host of the 18 March event was the Australian Workers Heritage Centre, whose home in the central-west Queensland town of Barcaldine is considered the birthplace of the Labor party. Continue reading...

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