The Latest Breaking News from Tony Burke

Tony Burke has promised a renewed focus on the arts and a suite of reforms to support the sector – but is staying quiet on the question of funding.

Can Bluey be considered one of Australia’s most popular children’s cultural exports if it is re-edited to reflect the culture of its destination market?

Beloved children’s program Bluey has received some backlash.

Tentatively hopeful news.

Alongside much else that is being revised, reimagined or recast by the Albanese government, Australia is to have a new cultural policy. Consultation has involved town hall meetings and a call for submissions. The arts minister, Tony Burke, has established five review panels to consider feedback.

The government vowed to shut the Australian Building and Construction Commission. But the agency is still launching court cases against its key opponent, construction union the CFMMEU.

One month into the rollout of the new $7 billion Workforce Australia system, jobseekers and students are reporting mass confusion and inconsistencies.

‘We particularly want to make sure the bargaining system works for small business and for women’, says Burke

The workplace relations minister says he wants to see an end to employers getting rid of enterprise agreements.

Tech solutions allow workers to find clients directly, but when it comes to guaranteeing employee benefits not all are equal

Politics as usual or certifiably civil? A stocktake of the first two sitting weeks of Parliament, and whether this ‘new nice’ vibe will last.