Sentence examples for given labor from inspiring English sources

Given Labor and the Greens oppose it, they are just three votes short of blocking the measure.

Given Labor was thought to be a considerable distance from being in government again, it was smarter to back Bill then sit back and watch.

Shorten claimed credit for pushing the government to move on multinational tax, given Labor released their policy well before the government acted on the issue.

Given Labor and the Greens are strongly opposed to the plan, the government cannot pass the changes if the three PUP senators hold firm.

Both parties have held leads in polls, although two of the most recent polls have given Labor a four-percentage-point advantage after the allocation of second-preference votes from minor parties such as the Greens.

The prime minister has reluctantly agreed to accept Mr Latham's amendments, which were designed to safeguard Australia's subsidised pharmaceutical drugs scheme.Opinion polls since May have given Labor an election-winning edge, after the distribution of preference votes.

It also does not give labor unions a role in overseeing its implementation.

Kevin Rudd gives Labor its best chance of saving its policy legacy, Shorten says.

Most Korean union contracts are for only one year, giving labor confrontations an inexorable, cyclical quality.

If that result is confirmed it will give Labor 68 seats in the lower house.

It will give labor unions ammunition when they fight against givebacks, which the administration has maintained it needs.