Media Releases 2019
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Recent Media Releases
Morrison puts back a pathetic 2% of axed skills funding
April 26, 2019
Scott Morrison has announced this morning that he will replace a miserly 2 per cent of the $3 billion his government has cut from skills training and vocational education.
TV campaign features working people struggling in broken system
April 26, 2019
The ACTU has launched a new series of TV ads ahead of the federal election today featuring working people who responded to a casting call and were interviewed about how their lives are affected by the current rules at work.
ALP backs workers, Morrison attacks conditions
April 24, 2019
The ACTU welcomes the ALP’s commitment to creating a right to choose to convert from casual to secure work for 2.6 million workers who have been stuck in insecure work under the Morrison Government.
ALP backs local workers, reduces exploitation
April 23, 2019
The peak body for working people has welcomed the ALP’s announcements that restrict temporary work visas to jobs where there is a genuine skill shortage and protect against the exploitation of workers on visas.
Multiple job holders earn less
April 18, 2019
People working second jobs in order to make ends meet are often worse off than those who are working in a single secure job.
Morrison leaves 1.7 million out of work or underemployed
April 18, 2019
Unemployment is up and underemployment remains at high levels thanks to the Morrison Government’s failed trickle down economic policies, new data from the ABS has revealed.
Morrison’s backers call for end to workers’ rights
April 17, 2019
The Institute of Public Affairs is demanding that a returned Morrison Government effectively abolish all modern workers’ rights and implement a string of bizarre policy initiatives including a royal commission investigating whether the Bureau of Meteorology doctors climate data and doubling the size of the House of Representatives.
Change the Rules election campaign kicks off in Reid
April 17, 2019
Working people and other members of the community will gather on the evening of Wednesday 17 April to kick off the Change the Rules election campaign for the seat of Reid.
Change the Government, Change the Rules nationwide door knock
April 12, 2019
Working people are volunteering across the country to have thousands of conversations in local communities about the need to change the government and change the rules to ensure a fair go for working people.
Working people ready to Change the Government and Change the Rules
April 11, 2019
The peak body for working people has called on voters to change the government so the rules can be changed to bring back the fair go for working people.
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