Media Releases

Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.

You can also keep track of ACTU media releases by following the official ACTU feed on Twitter at @unionsaustralia.


All ACTU media enquiries should be directed to ACTU Media team:

T: 03 9664 7315 (24 hours)
E: media@actu.org.au


Recent Media Releases

Australians to save thousands with announcement of permanent fee-free TAFE

November 3, 2024

Unions welcome the Albanese Government’s announcement to legislate 100,000 Fee-Free TAFE places each year from 2027. 

Read More

Flight attendants celebrate 28 per cent pay rise

November 1, 2024

From today, more than 800 cabin crew employed through labour hire will see pay rises of up to 28 per cent, with the wage increases backdated from their next pay period.

Read More

Liberal Party-aligned think tank proposes taking workers’ rights back tothe dark ages

October 31, 2024

An industrial relations “blueprint” paper from the conservative HR Nicholls Society outlines a radical employers’…

Read More

RBA should start lowering rates before years’ end

October 30, 2024

The ACTU is urging the Reserve Bank of Australia to start pulling down interest rates before the end of the year, following today’s inflation figure coming in at 2.8 per cent.

Read More

Australia becomes world leader in protecting workers’ rights and safety

October 30, 2024

The ACTU welcomes Australia becoming the first country in the Asia-Pacific region, and among the first globally, to ratify all 10 fundamental International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions following the ratification of two work health and safety Conventions in Geneva at a tripartite ceremony consisting of unions, employers and governments.

Read More

Mining giants are riding high and can afford fair wages

October 28, 2024

Australian Unions are taking aim at the country’s most powerful mining interests for lobbying the Coalition to undo the Albanese Government’s new Same Job Same Pay rights which come into effect on the first of November.

Read More

WorkChoices did not go far enough: Mining boss

October 25, 2024

The Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association today claimed the Howard era WorkChoices agenda “did not go far enough”.

Read More

Angus Taylor reveals plans for the Americanisation of Australia’s Superannuation System

October 18, 2024

The Coalition has given its strongest signal yet that it would dismantle and Americanise Australia’s compulsory superannuation system if it were returned to office.

Read More

Business lobby seeks to axe workers’ rights

October 14, 2024

The ACTU has slammed as unfair and seriously harmful a pre-election agenda being pushed by the business lobby to axe significant workplace rights for up to one million Australian workers.

Read More

Historic win: harassment victim-survivors granted fairer access to justice

September 19, 2024

The union movement welcomes the Senate’s passage of the Albanese Government’s Costs Protection Bill, which will make it easier for victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment to pursue legal action against perpetrators.

Read More

The ACTU Network

Australian Unions

Whether you want to join a union, take action in campaigns, or make the most of the benefits of being a union member, Australian Unions is the place to go for information and resources.
Visit Australian Unions

Mind Your Head

We’re taking action to protect workplace mental health.
Visit Mind Your Head

Worksite

Your rights at work for students and for people entering the workforce for the first time.
Visit Worksite

OHS

Information and resources for health and safety representatives and workers about how to speak up at work for health and safety.
Visit OHS

Union Aid Abroad

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is the overseas aid and development agency of the ACTU. Our work aims to build self-reliance through support to educational and training projects for workers and their organisations in the developing world.
Visit Union Aid Abroad

ACTU National Union Directory

Find who you are looking for from the who’s who of the union movement.
Visit the ACTU National Union Dictionary

Representing Australian workers and their families.