Media Releases
Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.
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Recent Media Releases
ACTU calls for TPP certainty as analysis shows Australia negotiated the “worst deal” on local jobs
November 27, 2015
Australian Unions are deeply concerned with aspects of the recently concluded Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, with an analysis of the text showing that Australia has negotiated the worst deal on safeguards for local jobs out of any of the 12 countries that are a part of the agreement.
Families should not be punished while government ignores tax loopholes for the wealthy
November 26, 2015
Jay Weatherill’s proposals for changes to GST and income tax today are just smoke and mirrors disguising the real priorities for a fair tax system that the federal government chooses to ignore – making the wealthiest and companies pay their fair share.
A commitment to paid domestic and family violence leave must be a Turnbull government priority
November 25, 2015
Domestic and family violence should not be a political issue. We call for a bipartisan approach and ask that the Turnbull government also commit to paid leave for those most at need.
Turnbull Government wants to trash democratic right to protest
November 24, 2015
ACTU SECRETARY Dave Oliver, On Government response to Harper Review
New research backs push for paid domestic violence leave in more workplaces
November 22, 2015
A survey of employers’ experiences of paid domestic violence leave in the workplace has produced overwhelmingly positive results for companies and the one in four workers affected by domestic violence. The research has shown that paid domestic leave can be delivered at minimal costs as leave requests are at modest levels.
We don’t need a GST hike, we need a fairer tax system
November 5, 2015
The Government’s focus on increasing GST unfairly targets middle and low income workers and families and will further entrench inequality within the Australian tax system.
If the Government is as genuine about tackling the tax system as it says it is then the reform must include current corporate tax minimization methods which cost the nation billions of dollars.
Union membership numbers higher than ABS indicators
October 27, 2015
Despite ABS figures released today – compiled from the Characteristics of Employment (COE) Survey in 2014 – ACTU data from 46 affiliated unions shows union membership in October 2015 stood at 1.8 million members.
In the rush to the sharing economy let’s not give up worker’s rights
October 22, 2015
Unions welcome moves by Labor to tackle the complex issues around workplaces and the new digital economy.
Three workers killed every week in 2015, vigilance on workplace safety must be made a priority
October 13, 2015
Australian Unions are meeting this week in Canberra for the 2015 ACTU Occupational Health
Safety and Workers Compensation Conference to discuss how to tackle significant workplace
safety issues and barriers.
ACTU welcomes the gutting of the Fair Work Amendment Bill
October 13, 2015
Today the Senate defeated many of the unfair proposals in the Turnbull
Government’s Fair Work Amendment Bill, rejecting the prospect of more exploitation of the most vulnerable workers in our community.
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