Mary Lou McDonald: “It would be unconscionable and unspeakable”

You've known since June that a new pay deal had to be struck with the public sector workers. We find ourselves almost four months on, at the eleventh hour, on the brink of this strike action tomorrow. The reason we are here is because of a…

“There will be an enormous sense of relief within the community this evening.”

Less than two weeks to Budget day, what will Government do to get costs under control?

This is madness. This, in fact, is primitive treatment of any community in the year 2026. It is intolerable, and it will not be tolerated.