The fight over immigration could decide the next election. Labor has to take the gloves off | Tom McIlroy
The government needs a brawler mentality to go after One Nation’s threadbare plan to slash overseas arrivals After weeks of delay on his immigration announcement, Tony Burke appeared at the National Press Club with just a few pages of handwritten notes.
Burke’s speech on Thursday – pushed back due to internal politics within the Albanese government – was short on rhetoric and stuck mostly to explaining the changes designed to bring down net overseas migration (Nom), without knee-capping the economy.
Read in depth: Politics
UK plans law requiring salaries in job adverts
The government says it will bring forward legislation as soon as possible and urges employers to publish pay now, while the scope and enforcement remain unsettled.
Democratic lawmakers call for data center moratorium and AI pause
After the midterms, Bernie Sanders urged a national data center moratorium, while Yassamin Ansari said pausing AI development should be a priority for the new House majority.
Sources and context
The GuardianSource headline and summary supplied via NewsData.io. First collected by NewsJaws on 2026-09-19. This is an automated news brief, not original NewsJaws reporting. Dates reflect the source publication. Feed delays may apply.
Topics in this story
More from Politics
Reform UK councillor promoted collapsed $1.9bn ‘Ponzi scheme’ HyperVerse that left victims suicidal
60 years of denial about Israel’s nuclear weapons program confronts a new reality
DNC Chair Ken Martin: ‘We can’t take our foot off the gas’
