Author: Luisa Saccotelli
Media Releases:
- July 11, 2025: Australian Unions launch Workplace Truths survey
- July 8, 2025: Stalled rate cut a blow to workers
- July 7, 2025: Unions win fight against BHP to stop wage-cutting labour hire rorts
- April 30, 2025: CPI result shows continued real wages growth, and clears the way for a second interest rate cut
- April 28, 2025: Tassie Liberal candidate says older Australians are ‘happy’ to work for $10 an hour – while disclosing the Coalition’s plan to cut wages
- April 23, 2025: Dutton’s cuts to childcare a bitter pill for women and families
- April 19, 2025: Penalty rates an important election decider: poll
- April 14, 2025: Clerical workers could lose $7,000 in penalty rates as employer attack spreads
- April 10, 2025: Workers would be $8,700 worse off today if Peter Dutton had his way
- April 7, 2025: Legal advice confirms all workers at risk from Dutton’s WFH policy
- April 6, 2025: Cheaper home batteries will help cut household energy bills
- April 4, 2025: Reversals, confusion and silence on workers’ rights
- April 3, 2025: Australian Unions go for a 4.5 per cent wage boost
- March 27, 2025: Dutton has no plan for wage growth
- March 27, 2025: IR reforms delivering stronger wages for workers on collective agreements
- March 14, 2025: Women and work from home: believe what Peter Dutton does, not what he says
- March 13, 2025: Bosses’ push to end penalty rates spreads to the finance and admin sector
- March 4, 2025: Coalition Trump copycat Work-From-Home agenda will hit working families
- February 26, 2025: Dutton needs to come clean on his IR agenda
- February 26, 2025: Hundreds of thousands of workers get permanent jobs
- February 18, 2025: Relief from high interest rates needed now … not next time
- February 14, 2025: Dutton opposes childcare cost of living relief for families
- February 12, 2025: Dutton wants working Australians to wait longer for rates relief
- February 11, 2025: Australian Unions give Maccas franchises a serve
- February 10, 2025: Future Made in Australia investment to deliver hundreds of thousands of new jobs by 2040
- February 7, 2025: CEOs go after penalty rates
- February 6, 2025: Hundreds rally to fight Nippon Opal paper cuts harming workers
- February 4, 2025: Employer lobby furious that IR reforms are improving wages
- February 3, 2025: Labor’s IR reforms a success
- January 31, 2025: Mining and Energy Union’s Tony Maher appointed Chair of Safe Work Australia
- January 24, 2025: A+ for State Schools funding deal
- January 24, 2025: 49,000 and counting – pay rises a reality for early educators
- January 20, 2025: Time’s Up Pay Up! – Unions in BHP Same Job Same Pay fight
- January 16, 2025: Softening jobs market yet another reason for the RBA to cut rates – ACTU
- January 8, 2025: RBA should stop sitting on its hands and cut rates: ACTU
- December 15, 2024: Business lobby puts scrapping unfair dismissal rights on their Christmas wish list
- December 9, 2024: Out of step and out of touch: Australian Unions urge the RBA to cut rates
- December 5, 2024: Bosses’ election demands: axe pay rises
- December 2, 2024: Secure Jobs Better Pay reforms lift wages by $6.3 billion across economy
- November 28, 2024: A win for workers’ super and security in retirement
- November 26, 2024: Unions welcome plans to protect workers from AI misuse
- November 14, 2024: Christmas pay rise for 16,000 early childhood educators
- November 13, 2024: Quarterly real wage growth hits eight year high
- October 31, 2024: Liberal Party-aligned think tank proposes taking workers’ rights back tothe dark ages
- October 30, 2024: RBA should start lowering rates before years’ end
- October 28, 2024: Mining giants are riding high and can afford fair wages
- October 25, 2024: WorkChoices did not go far enough: Mining boss
- October 18, 2024: Angus Taylor reveals plans for the Americanisation of Australia’s Superannuation System
- October 14, 2024: Business lobby seeks to axe workers’ rights
- September 18, 2024: Payday super a critical step towards stopping super theft and improving retirementoutcomes for workers
- September 17, 2024: Unions oppose UAE trade deal without enforceable labour rights
- September 11, 2024: Workers campaigning for 10-days universal paid reproductive health leave
- August 22, 2024: Net Zero Economy Authority ‘historic breakthrough’ for Australian energy workers
- August 22, 2024: Insurance companies’ price gouging harming workers and consumers
- August 20, 2024: Only 1 in 230,000 sexual harassment victims get to court
- August 15, 2024: Record low gender pay gap closing three times faster under Labor than Coalition
- August 14, 2024: Commonwealth Bank can – steal from workers and gouge customers
- August 6, 2024: ACTU welcomes rates left on hold
- August 1, 2024: Parramatta Eels overlook asbestos victims’ by signing James Hardie sponsorship deal
- July 31, 2024: RBA Board should rule out further rate hikes
- July 30, 2024: Women pushed out of work early due to ‘taboo’ menopause issues
- July 25, 2024: ACTU congratulates Brendan O’Connor on public service to the Australian people
- July 22, 2024: Women’s pay rising steadily
- July 10, 2024: Real wages are now growing but there is still ground to be recovered
- June 12, 2024: Right to disconnect – not just desirable but necessary
- June 6, 2024: ACTU seeks wage justice for young workers
- June 5, 2024: New clean energy jobs critical to the future of work, says ACTU
- June 3, 2024: Workers seek 10 days paid reproductive leave: ACTU
- May 28, 2024: Unions welcome appointment of Dr. Iain Ross AO as Chair of the Net Zero Economy Authority
- May 21, 2024: Workers should be front and centre of AI regulations, says ACTU