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August 7, 2025
Calls from the large multinational tech sector and regurgitated by the Productivity Commission for a copyright exemption for AI firms while they train their new models would see creative workers, journalists and academics’ work stolen to build the profit of some of the world’s biggest companies and richest people.
August 7, 2025
With national priorities from the energy transition to AI requiring the reskill and upskill of thousands of workers over the next decade, Australian Unions have thrown their support behind a national skills levy.
August 6, 2025
The Productivity Commission seems completely ignorant of the world-leading academic research and best-practice examples that demonstrate the most effective AI introduction is done through consultation, co-design, and collaboration with workers.
August 4, 2025
Unions will go into this month’s Economic Reform Roundtable advocating for a new national approvals system for renewable energy and transmission projects to progress them faster to a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’ determination, including by ensuring workers and communities get their fair share of the benefits.
August 3, 2025
Australian Unions have backed major tax reforms to tackle the national housing affordability crisis alongside increasing supply.
July 30, 2025
Australian Unions are calling for a faster and fairer transition towards a net zero economy, backed by an accelerated development approvals system to greenlight more renewable energy projects.
July 29, 2025
Unions will pursue a pro-job pro-worker agenda in the adoption of AI to ensure that it is safe and deployed in a way that gives workers a stake in the gains while being transparent and fair.
July 25, 2025
A new survey shows Australian workers are dealing with high workloads, burn out and bosses with limited managerial capacity to support them to work effectively.
July 24, 2025
The ACTU welcomes the Albanese Government’s introduction of a Bill to protect penalty and overtime rates for 2.6 million award-reliant workers – marking the first workplace legislation introduced in the new Parliament.
July 11, 2025
In the lead-up to the August Productivity Roundtable, Australian Unions have launched a representative poll for workers to have their say on their experiences at work and how their employer approaches productivity.
