Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
ACTU Executive and Wave Hill 50th Anniversary Celebration, August 15 – 21 2016 Darwin and Kalkarindji, NT
August 3, 2016
The ACTU Executive will be held in Darwin as a demonstration of the union movement’s longstanding and ongoing support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk Off.
Federal Government must act to end the scourge of trafficking and slavery
July 29, 2016
Modern slavery is growing in Australia and going undetected and unpunished, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) warns ahead of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons tomorrow, Saturday 30 July.
Letter to Malcolm Turnbull on Royal Commission into NT Youth Detention
July 28, 2016
The Australian Union movement welcomes today’s announcement of a Royal Commission into juvenile detention in the Northern Territory. However, having considered the proposed terms of reference, it is clear that more must be done in order to ensure that this is not another redundant report that fails to bring about lasting change.
Statement from ACTU Assistant Secretary Michael Borowick: ACTU welcomes call for enforcement of asbestos ban
July 26, 2016
The ACTU joins Senator Nick Xenophon in calling for the federal government to enforce the ban on asbestos importation – in place since 2003 – by ensuring that companies and individuals who breach the ban face serious consequences, up to and including jail time.
Unions and doctors mobilise to save Medicare
June 30, 2016
Australian union members are continuing their campaign to protect Australia’s universal healthcare system by handing out one million replica Medicare cards to voters in major metropolitan areas and marginal electorates across the country.
It’s now or never for Turnbull’s IR policy
June 30, 2016
With an election supposedly predicated on industrial relations issues of the Australian Building and Construction Commission and the Registered Organisations Bill, the Turnbull Government has been suspiciously silent on exactly what they are planning for Australia’s 12 million plus workers.
Turnbull makes pensioners pay for millionaire handouts
June 29, 2016
The Liberal Government’s cuts to welfare and pensioners in order to pay for its election promises is a callous move that once again favours high income earners over struggling Australians.
Youth unemployment crisis in Leichhardt requires real action from next government
June 28, 2016
PLEASE NOTE SIMILAR RELEASE SENT TO HERBERT, PAGE, GILMORE, BASS, PERTH METRO
The next government must address the youth unemployment crisis in Cairns and Far-North Queensland which has left 25% of young people without a job.
Statement from ACTU President Ged Kearney on free-falling apprenticeship numbers
June 28, 2016
The Abbott/Turnbull Government has ripped funding out of apprenticeship programs, skills training and TAFE – more than $1 billion from apprenticeships alone since taking office.
Healthcare workers pen open letter to save Medicare
June 27, 2016
Nurses, midwives, mental health, pharmacists and allied health professionals, medical scientists and Medicare administration staff have come together in the last few days before the election to save Medicare.
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