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- NSW treasurer rules out Perrottet challenge
- China continues to put pressure on Taiwan
- ACTU demands radical reforms to boost jobs
- This morning’s key headlines at a glance
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NSW treasurer rules out Perrottet challenge
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean says he won’t be challenging Premier Dominic Perrottet for the state’s top job.
The commitment was made on Nine’s Today show earlier this morning. As regular readers of this blog will know, Kean was yesterday elected deputy leader of the NSW Liberal Party.
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean, left, and Premier Dominic Perrottet. Credit:Kate Geraghty
Here was the state treasurer’s response when asked if he was prepared to take Perrottet’s job:
No. Premier Perrottet is doing an outstanding job. I and the team support him. We [are getting] back to business helping people get their first home, rolling out universal pre-kindergarten to every kid in NSW.
And here’s what Kean had to say when asked whether it was wise for his party to “keep replacing men with men” given the NSW Liberal leader and deputy leader are once again both men, which wasn’t the case when Gladys Berejiklian was premier:
We’ve got a talented party room. Talented people that are contributing, supporting their communities, delivering for the state. That’s going to continue to happen.
We’ve focused on a number of things to support women. Like returning to the workforce by rolling out affordable, accessible childcare so women have the choice about whether they return to work or stay at home. That’s a great initiative.
We absolutely need to rectify [any perception we are anti-women, though]. We’ll do that through our preselection processes. We need more talented women putting their hands up to serve their communities and our party should be welcoming that. We need to be reflective of the community we’re hoping to serve if we’re going to be re-elected. That is what I’m focused on as the new deputy leader.
China continues to put pressure on Taiwan
A senior United States official has declared that the Taiwan crisis is not over yet.
The comment comes as Beijing announces it will continue its military manoeuvres around Taiwan without any end date as its forces prepare for a “joint encirclement” of the island.
A People’s Liberation Army member watches military exercises, with Taiwan’s frigate Lan Yang in the background.Credit:Xinhua
After four days of military exercises that forced the diversion of some commercial shipping and aviation, China’s Eastern Military Command yesterday stated that it would extend its operations into a new phase.
Chinese Communist Party propagandist Hu Xijin, a former Global Times editor-in-chief, wrote: “Sealing off the island has become a reality that can be staged at any time, and the lifeblood of Taiwan is clearly in the hands of mainland China.”
However, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman says Beijing has not succeeded in “sealing off” Taiwan.
“I don’t think we have a full-on embargo yet, so let’s not give credit to China that they don’t deserve,” she told this masthead during a visit to Canberra.
Read the full story here.
ACTU demands radical reforms to boost jobs
The ACTU has proposed a radical overhaul of the nation’s economic structures, pushing for a tax on businesses that profit from high inflation and price controls on some goods and services, while tasking the Reserve Bank with driving down unemployment.
In a plan it wants to be debated at the federal government’s jobs summit, the Australian Council of Trade Unions also calls for penalties on businesses that funnel their money back to shareholders rather than expanding operations and restrictions on speculative borrowing for the property market.
ACTU secretary Sally McManus says it’s no use “fiddling around the edges” of economic policy.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
The government is bringing 100 people from the public and private sectors to its September jobs and skills summit to canvass ways to keep unemployment low, boost productivity and increase real incomes.
Today, the peak union organisation will invite Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to the summit.
More on the proposal here.
This morning’s key headlines at a glance
Good morning and thanks for your company.
It’s Wednesday, August 10. I’m Broede Carmody and I’ll be anchoring our live coverage for the first half of the day.
Here’s what you need to know before we get started.
- The United States Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, insists that China hasn’t sealed off Taiwan from the outside world. It comes as Beijing says it will continue to conduct military exercises around the self-governed island without any end date. Peter Hartcher has more.
- The Australian Council of Trade Unions has proposed a radical overhaul of the nation’s economic structures, according to Shane Wright. The plan, to be debated at the federal government’s jobs summit next month, would see a tax on businesses that profit from high inflation and price controls on some goods and services.
- Mike Foley reports that a key reform the Albanese government says is urgently needed to modernise the electricity grid has been plunged into uncertainty. Read the full story here.
- And Olivia Newton-John’s family will accept the offer of a state funeral. Last night, key Melbourne landmarks were lit up in pink to honour the late singer and actor’s life – as well as her contribution to breast cancer research.
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