SUBJECTS: Wages, Jobseeker changes

The Albanese Government will make life easier for working parents and ease the cost of living by extending child care support measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SUBJECTS: CDU Testlab, advance manufacturing and vocational training, Darwin development projects, COVID, remote schooling, universities

The Australian and Northern Territory Governments have partnered to invest $2 million to establish an Industry 4.0 Testlab at Charles Darwin University.

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Thank you so much for welcoming me to your country.

And thank you for sharing your wisdom with me today.

I’ve only been the Minister for Education for three weeks, but I have come here because I want to celebrate with you and because I want to learn from you.

I am very conscious that I stand on land that has been a place of learning and teaching for a millennia, and that today is just the next step in that story.

Subjects: Wages

Subjects: Sri Lanka, border protection, skill shortage, labour market.

SUBJECTS: Upcoming Budget; AFL player Jordan De Goey.

SUBJECT: Albanese Government’s $50 million commitment to new CQUniversity Cairns campus. 

MURRAY JONES, HOST: I don’t usually talk to ministers in a phone booth, but this is a great opportunity. We do have 50 million up for grabs. Brand new Minister for Education with very shiny shoes here. Jason Clare, welcome to Cairns.

JASON CLARE, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION: G’day mate. It’s a very sunny day, it’s a fantastic day.