Media Releases
Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.
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Recent Media Releases
Is this the last Australia Day workers will be paid penalty rates?
January 23, 2015
The Productivity Commission inquiry into workplace laws is another example of the Abbott Government trying to cut wages and rights at work.
Australian unions in solidarity with Greek workers
January 16, 2015
Australian Unions have expressed solidarity with the people of Greece and their labour movement ahead of the Greek election on January 25.
Unions call on Abbott to terminate Royal Commission
January 1, 2015
The ACTU is calling on Tony Abbott to immediately terminate the Royal Commission into trade unions given the appearance of bias by Justice Dyson Heydon’s acceptance of a guest speaker role at a Liberal Party fundraiser.
Abbott Government turning back the clock on industrial relations
January 1, 2015
The Abbott Government has again shown it is beholden to ideology instead of the discipline of good government by trying to wind back the clock on industrial relations and talk up the dirty tactics used during the infamous 1998 Patrick’s waterfront dispute.
New year delivers a boost to thousands of apprentices
January 1, 2015
More than 60,000 apprentices around Australia will get a little extra help to finish their apprenticeships under new rules that come into force today.
Employer push to cut penalty rates before Christmas
December 23, 2014
An attempt by employers to cut penalty rates for millions of Australian workers has kicked off just before Christmas.
Abbott Government owes apology to Julia Gillard, Australian taxpayers and jobless
December 19, 2014
The Abbott Government owes former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, taxpayers and jobless Australians an apology for wasting $50 million on a failed political inquiry instead of dealing with the jobs crisis.
Government’s stealth attack on workers a week before Christmas
December 19, 2014
The Abbott Government has shown its true colours – at a time when they hope no one is looking – by announcing a wholesale review of Australia’s workplace laws that will see wages, conditions and rights at work slashed.
Hockey gives big business tax dodgers a $600 million dollar Xmas present
December 17, 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey’s broken promise to impose tough new tax avoidance rules on multinational companies reveals the true hypocrisy of the Abbott Government.
Soaring unemployment, yet no plan for jobs
December 15, 2014
The Abbott Government has forecast unemployment of 6.5 per cent over the next two years but has failed to deliver any plan for jobs in today’s budget update.
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