Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.
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All ACTU media enquiries should be directed to ACTU Media team:
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February 7, 2025
Big business claims penalty rates and workplace rights in the era of Trump need to go.
February 6, 2025
ACTU President, Michele O’Neil has slammed Nippon Paper’s Opal management, demanding an immediate end to the lockout of over 300 production workers from its Morwell Paper Mill in the Latrobe Valley.
February 5, 2025
The ACTU has criticised billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart for behaving like an oligarch for trying to buy influence over the Coalition’s industrial relations policy.
February 4, 2025
Australian Unions have attacked big business employer group demands for an overhaul of the Albanese Government’s Secure Jobs Better Pay reforms as a plan to weaken wages growth.
February 3, 2025
Australian Unions have welcomed the findings of an independent review of the Albanese Government’s landmark Secure Jobs Better Pay reforms finding the new laws have been a success in increasing wages.
January 31, 2025
Australian Unions have welcomed today’s announcement of Mining and Energy Union General President, Tony Maher as the new Chair of Safe Work Australia.
January 31, 2025
The ACTU today warns that a pre-election wish list by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) will restore the wage cutting schemes used by companies like BHP and Qantas to reduce workers’ wages and conditions.
January 30, 2025
The ACTU commends the outgoing Assistant Treasurer on a career dedicated to improving the working and retirement lives of Australians.
January 30, 2025
With the federal election fast approaching, working people deserve clarity from all major parties on whether they support the Australian Retailers Association’s application to the Fair Work Commission to cut penalty rates, backed by major retailers including Coles, Woolworths, Kmart and Costco.
January 29, 2025
Today’s inflation figures offer a green light for the Reserve Bank of Australia to reduce the cash rate at their meeting in February.
