The Powering Skills Organisation warns the current energy workforce of 300,000 energy, gas and renewables sector workers will not be sufficient to meet demand and further investment in training will be needed.
A government source says beef is being positioned as a bargaining chip to help reset trade ties after the US imposed harsh tariffs on Australian exports.
The government made a series of industrial relations reforms during its first term, from multi-employer bargaining to enshrining a right for workers to disconnect. Here's a reminder of what changed.
Third parties including Clive Palmer's Trumpet of Patriots, conservative group Advance and Climate 200 have also funnelled significant amounts into online advertising to start the election campaign.
After its first attempt to avoid the Trump Administration's tariffs agenda proved unsuccessful, the federal trade minister is now promising to make the US an offer it can't refuse.