It€™s time to revive the social wage: ACTU

AUSTRALIA needs to tackle rising inequality through the revival of the €˜€˜social wage€™€™, with a greater role for the federal government in health and education and in providing €˜€˜dignity in retirement€™€™.

Parental leave needs to be six months to pass

KEVIN RUDD will be forced to extend his paid parental leave scheme to six months if he wants it to have guaranteed passage through the Senate, a move that would cause the scheme to increase in cost by $400 million a year.