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Victorian Labor Premier Ben Carroll has created a royal commission into the construction industry in a bid to save his government from electoral wipe-out in the election on 28 November.

The cost-of-living squeeze is worsening but Labor is doing nothing to protect living standards. This will only fuel the rise of One Nation.

Immigration Minister Tony Burke has announced measures designed to cut immigration, pandering to the idea that migration is responsible for the housing crisis and letting One Nation’s racism set the political agenda.