Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has vowed to amend the Fair Work Act and back Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteers in their dispute with the firefighters union.

Back up. What’s the dispute?

Well, volunteers are concerned about an enterprise bargaining agreement demand to have at least seven paid firefighters on the scene of every incident, and prevent volunteers issuing orders. The proposal would need to be ratified by the state Cabinet, which meets today.

The PM attended a rally in Melbourne on Sunday afternoon, where hundreds of volunteer firefighters gathered to protest the proposal.

“It’s an extraordinary assault on fundamental Australian values of community service, of volunteerism,” Mr Turnbull said.

“But if we’re re-elected, we’ll rectify it …. There would be changes to the Fair Work Act that would relate to what would be objectionable or unacceptable clauses in EBAs.”

The United Firefighters Union Victoria said earlier in the week the matter had been politicised and that volunteers acting as incident controllers would still have the capacity to give orders.

Federal Labor will today pledge $160 million to tackle child care and after-school care waiting lists.

If elected, Labor would:

Didn’t Labor already announce child care changes?

Well, yes. On Sunday Labor made a $3-billion childcare announcement where they pledged to:

The Government has dubbed the plan an “unfunded band-aid”.

To coincide with World Environment Day on Sunday, the Coalition promised an additional $5 million to protect threatened animal and plant species in Australia.

It includes funding for nine different conservation programs around the country.

Labor has promised to boost arts funding by $160 million if elected, describing the cash injection as an investment rather than a cost.

Bill Shorten was at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne on Saturday where he promised to dump the Coalition’s controversial Catalyst arts funding program, handing back control of funding decisions, as well as any remaining money, to the independent Australia Council.

The council would get $20 million a year in new funding over four years.

The ABC would receive an extra $60 million to increase local drama production.

The Coalition promised $50 million to upgrade the Barton Highway north of Canberra.

The funding won’t guarantee full duplication of the highway but will provide new overtaking lanes on the most dangerous stretches of road.

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