Media Releases 2019
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Recent Media Releases
ACTU calls for Porter to side with working people over big business to get economy moving
September 4, 2019
The peak body for working people has written to Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter ahead of his planned review of the Fair Work Act, urging him to tackle key areas of reform that are holding back working people’s rights and the national economy.
GDP falls to lowest point since 2009
September 4, 2019
Yearly GDP growth has tumbled to 1.4 per cent according to new data released this morning by the ABS, marking the lowest point since the GFC a decade ago.
Retail trade falls as wage crisis persists under Morrison
September 3, 2019
Australian retail turnover fell 0.1 per cent in July 2019, seasonally adjusted, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Retail Trade figures. Key economic indicators continue to show the failure of the Morrison Government’s economic policies.
Australian Unions show solidarity for Hong Kong general strikes
September 2, 2019
The peak body for working people in Australia has shown solidarity for the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) general strike in Hong Kong as part of ongoing protests.
Timor Leste presents Medal of the Order of Timor-Leste to Australian Union movement
August 31, 2019
The Government of Timor Leste has presented the Australian union movement the Medal of the Order of Timor-Leste. Presented by Timor-Leste’s President the medal is in recognition of the role the Australian union movement played in the campaign for independence for Timor-Leste.
Morrison must intervene, return Priya, Nades and children home to Biloela
August 30, 2019
Prime Minister Morrison must intervene and stop the deportation of Priya, Nades and their two Australian-born children to Sri Lanka.
Legal community speaks out against ‘unprecedented’ EI bill
August 29, 2019
A coalition of public interest and human rights legal groups has spoken out against the Morrison Government’s attack on working people’s basic rights through the Ensuring Integrity bill, recommending that the bill not be passed in a submission to an ongoing senate inquiry.
Work laws must address equal pay
August 28, 2019
The peak body for working people has used Equal Pay Day to call on Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter to address the pervasive and ongoing inequality for women at work in his upcoming review of the Fair Work Act.
ACTU calls for Morrison to pause Hong Kong trade deal
August 28, 2019
The peak body for working people has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to put Australia’s trade deal with Hong Kong on hold until concerns around human rights abuses of pro-democracy protestors are resolved.
PM must stand up for women and guarantee super increase
August 28, 2019
Jason Falinski has joined a group of Government backbenchers publicly calling on the Morrison Government to reverse the already legislated increase to the super guarantee to 12 per cent. Mr Falinski earns 15 per cent super on his salary of $210,000, or $25,000 per year.
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