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3 September 2026

Australia news live: Pauline Hanson to make cost of living ‘worse’, new union boss warns; Labor scraps course citing ‘integrity’

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Source reporting: Guardian Australia Politics

Australia news live: Pauline Hanson to make cost of living ‘worse’, new union boss warns; Labor scraps course citing ‘integrity’

The new ACTU secretary, Melissa Donnelly, says One Nation ‘says one thing and does another’ The reality is that Pauline Hanson’s track record is voting against penalty rates, voting against rights for casual and gig workers. She’s opposed the minimum wage. She’s most recently suggested it should be easier to sack workers. There are a whole range of workplace issues, and workers’ rights issues, that arise with the advent of AI. There’s a broader conversation that we should be having as a nation about what AI means and how we regulate it.

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