Skills Shortage, Not Unions’ Demands, Should Be ‘Priority’ of Job Summit: NSW Premier

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet addresses media at Smalls Road Public School in Sydney, Australia, on June 22, 2022. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

The high level of union representation at the Labor’s job summit risks making the event “out of touch,” New South Wales Premier warned, as he criticised unions for adding to the economic challenges of Australian families. 

While only 14 percent of Australian workers are trade union members, Labor’s Job and Skill Summit saw unions making up 25 percent of attendees (33 out of 142 sittings).