Australia news live: Anthony Albanese praises Sally McManus and Michele O’Neil as ‘giants’ as they step down from ACTU

Prime minister pays tribute to secretary and president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions after surprise announcement. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Paterson continued … We have a debt heading towards $200bn in this state. We have teachers out striking in the streets because the state government and Ben Carroll can’t secure a pay deal. We have holes in the roads. You need a majority government to fix those problems, and you need someone with a plan. Now he might performatively call a royal commission tokenistically, now that he’s become leader, but that’s not out of sincere concern about corruption. That’s out of sincere concern about the polls and what that means for Victorian Labor. It’s usually done on a seat by seat basis, and it’s usually only done after the candidates have been selected, because in the past some parties, particularly minor parties like One Nation, have had great difficulty screening their candidates to make sure that they are people who are acceptable to stand. Continue reading...