Labor welcomes the Australian Republic Movement’s (ARM) announcement of a new campaign to build a national consensus for an Australian head of state.

The Government must develop a comprehensive response to the bushfire crisis and ensure Australians who have lost their homes aren’t forced to pay for the clean-up and removal of debris from their property.

Scott Morrison must reconsider Garden Island as the location of Sydney’s next cruise ship terminal.

Once again the Morrison Government is all talk no action when it comes to fixing the crisis in the northern Australia insurance market.

The Government has failed to respond to a key Parliamentary Joint Committee report on the life insurance industry, despite having 18 months to help better protect Australians with their insurance choices.

A Shorten Labor Government will invest $5.9 million in an award-winning UNSW Sydney program to help more disadvantaged Australians attend university. 

A Shorten Labor Government will provide $40 million over four years to emergency relief organisations across the country, including a $661,000 commitment in Kingsford Smith.

A Shorten Labor Government will commit $15 million to establish the National Health and Climate Centre at UNSW Sydney, co-ordinating research and responses to the impact of climate change on the health of Australians.

A Federal Labor investment of $12 million will enable the Ted Noffs Foundation to expand its drug and alcohol treatment services for young people.

A successful program at Matraville Sports High to get more disadvantaged kids into uni and TAFE would be expanded by a Shorten Labor Government with a $2 million investment in the proven UNSW-schools partnership model.