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Recent Media Releases
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.
Change the Government, Change the rules nationwide protests
April 10, 2019
Today working people across Australia will protest the failure of the Morrison government to deliver secure jobs and fair pay. Working people will call for a change in Government and to change the rules in order to restore the fair go in Australia.
An economic plan for a fairer Australia
April 5, 2019
The peak body for working people has praised the budget in reply by Bill Shorten, saying it lays the foundation for more secure jobs and fair pay for working people.
McManus slams Morrison for Huggies comments
April 5, 2019
The peak body for working people has condemned Prime Minister Scott Morrison for his comments that the 220 people sacked from the Kimberley Clark Huggies factory in Ingleburn in south-west Sydney should be “able to weather the disappointment”.
Change the Rules NSW election campaign kicks off in Banks
April 4, 2019
Working people and other members of the community from in and around the seat of Banks, which covers parts of south-west Sydney, will gather on the evening of Thursday 4 April to kick off the Change the Rules election campaign in New South Wales.
‘Mathematically impossible’ for tax cuts to replace real wage growth
April 2, 2019
Regular, real wage rises would provide a financial boost for struggling workers ‘dozens of times’ larger than income tax cuts likely to be announced in the federal budget tonight according to new research from the Centre for Future Work.
New ad campaign highlights Morrison’s massive education cuts
April 2, 2019
A new ad campaign from the Australian Education Union show that the Morrison Government’s $14 billion in total cuts to public schools will leave 99% of public schools below the minimum level of funding required to meet the educational needs of children.
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