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Recent Media Releases
Workers would be $8,700 worse off today if Peter Dutton had his way
April 10, 2025
Australian Unions are releasing a new report today outlining how workers would be $8,700 worse off by now, if Peter Dutton had achieved his goal of blocking the Government’s major reforms to get wages moving.
$12,000 for bosses: Unions slam Coalition’s apprenticeship proposal
April 9, 2025
The Coalition’s idea to give $12,000 to bosses is out of step with the real pressures facing apprentices and trainees in Australia
Legal advice confirms all workers at risk from Dutton’s WFH policy
April 7, 2025
Legal advice from John Agius SC obtained by the ACTU confirms that a Dutton-led Coalition Government could only take work from home arrangements away from public sector workers through legislative change that would also take away work from home rights from all Australian workers.
Cheaper home batteries will help cut household energy bills
April 6, 2025
Australian Unions have welcomed the Albanese Government’s Cheaper Home Batteries program as a significant cost of living relief measure to help working households lower their energy bills.
Reversals, confusion and silence on workers’ rights
April 4, 2025
Australian Unions do not believe that Peter Dutton’s comment provides any real guarantee that labour hire workers’ wage increases are safe, given his strong track record. Peter Dutton has advised the Australian public to “look at what politicians do, as much, or probably more, than what they say”.
Response to Trump must be to protect and grow Australian jobs
April 3, 2025
The measures Prime Minister Albanese announced today highlight the importance of protecting workers’ livelihoods amid global uncertainty.
Australian Unions go for a 4.5 per cent wage boost
April 3, 2025
The 4.5 percent claim directly affects the 2.6 million Australian workers whose pay is set by awards, but it also affects all working Australians, as it sets minimum wage floors.
Coles and Woolies are taking the piss, blaming workers for higher prices
March 31, 2025
Despite grocery prices growing at twice the rate of workers’ wages, Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, sided with the major supermarkets and last year refused to back Labor’s legislation that would have put supermarkets on notice to improve their practices.
Ban on supermarket price gouging welcome
March 30, 2025
Despite supermarket profits growing at twice the rate of workers’ wages, Peter Dutton sided with the major supermarkets and last year refused to back Labor’s Bill that would have put supermarkets on notice to improve their practices.
Dutton has no plan for wage growth
March 27, 2025
Australian Unions have branded Coalition Leader, Peter Dutton’s Budget reply as abandoning workers’ wage growth…
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