Media Releases 2019
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Recent Media Releases
Union movement celebrates Hakeem’s release
February 12, 2019
The Australian union movement is celebrating the release of Professional Footballers Australia member Hakeem al-Araibi from a Thai prison where he has been held since November 27 last year.
CDP an abject failure: PM’s report
February 7, 2019
A report from Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s department into a remote indigenous work-for-the-dole scheme has revealed the program as an abject failure.
Australia needs a pay rise: Reserve Bank head
February 6, 2019
Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has identified low wage growth as a drag on the economy in a speech to the National Press Club, saying “people worry about their own future and that of their children” because of weak and even negative wage growth, combined with globalisation and technological change.
Letter shows Morrison and banks worked together
February 5, 2019
A series of letters and emails revealed under Freedom of Information legislation shows that the Morrison Government worked closely with the heads of the big banks – including former Treasury boss and NAB Chair Dr Ken Henry – in the days before the announcement of the Banking Royal Commission.
No vindication for bank victims and staff in Hayne report
February 4, 2019
The final report of the Banking Royal Commission has failed victims of Australia’s banks and finance sector workers by making few recommendations, no direct referral of criminal or civil prosecutions to the Australian Federal Police or the Director of Public Prosecutions, and making no recommendation to kick banks out of super.
Thales EBA signals huge step forward for Family and Domestic Violence Leave
January 31, 2019
Workers at Thales Garden Island plant will have access to 10 days paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave as part of a new EBA voted up by employees on Tuesday.
Real wage growth stalled at record low
January 30, 2019
Real wage growth remains at around 0.5% per year, according to CPI figures released this morning by the ABS.
Federal court rejects Aerocare split-shift schedule
January 25, 2019
Airport workers have had a huge win this morning against their employer Aerocare, with the Federal Court ruling that the workers could not be required to work more than one shift in each 24 hour period under the relevant Award.
Scullion shifts deck chairs on CDP
January 24, 2019
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has announced superficial changes to the deeply flawed and racially discriminatory Community Development Program, which his office has previously described as ‘a resounding success’.
40,000+ more casual jobs, but no pay rises under Coalition
January 22, 2019
Data from the biennial Employee Earnings and Hours survey shows while there were 40,000 more casual jobs added over the past two years, wages have barely risen in real terms.
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