Exclusive: Influential leftwing unions to tell Labor’s national conference party it must seize ‘most significant economic opportunity since the Industrial Revolution’
Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast
Australia’s shift to net zero emissions should be accelerated by “substantial public investment” in renewable electricity including expanded state ownership, influential leftwing unions will argue at Labor’s national conference.
The Electrical Trades Union (ETU) will use the party conference to call on the Albanese government to seize the “most significant economic opportunity since the Industrial Revolution” to drive down power prices for households and create secure, well-paid jobs for thousands of Australians.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup
About Author
More Stories
Australia news live: Chalmers warns of ‘global dislocation’ as Treasury reveals biggest threats to economy
First group of white South Africans arrive in US after Trump grants refugee status
Hamas frees last living US citizen held in Gaza in what Trump calls a ‘good faith step’