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Government confident Covid inquiry will be “broad and comprehensive”
Chalmers also defended the scope of the Commonwealth’s covid-19 inquiry, which has been criticised for excluding “unilateral” actions of the states and territories.
“But I’m really confident that the review that we have set up will be broad and comprehensive and it will take into consideration all of those Commonwealth responsibilities. We focused on the Commonwealth responsibilities because we’re a government that takes responsibility for the things that are in our wheelhouse. And that’s what the review is largely about.
But also and this goes directly to your question, you know, there is nothing preventing the states and territories participating in this review, We’ve said that now for some time for some days, since the review was announced, there’s nothing preventing those issues being considered.
The emphasis is on action. Something like 70 policies, already implemented, another 80 or so underway but will sketch out 31 future reform directions as well. And as part of all of that there will be nine new policies.
So some analysis, but an emphasis on action and what the employment white paper is all about is a more dynamic and more inclusive labor market in a country where our workers and our employers are beneficiaries of the big changes underway in our economy and our society.
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