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Recent Media Releases
Palmer deal on mining tax will slash retirement savings of millions of Australians
September 2, 2014
Clive Palmer and Tony Abbott’s disgraceful deal over the mining tax repeal will cut the retirement savings of millions of Australians.
Gender pay gap to widen under proposed changes to workplace laws
September 2, 2014
The record high 18.2 per cent gender pay gap is expected to blow out by a further 2 per cent under the Government’s proposed changes to workplace laws due before the Senate this week.
Use lessons of Home Insulation Program to ensure fatalities never happen again
September 1, 2014
The ACTU urges all levels of Government to act on the findings of the Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Program to ensure the failings that led to workplace deaths are never repeated.
Message to politicians – attack penalty rates at your peril
September 1, 2014
Over 60% of voters are less likely to vote for a candidate who supports reducing weekend or penalty rates, new research shows.
Abbott Government to create underclass of workers
August 29, 2014
Unions have attacked the Federal Government’s move to help employers import guest workers in the Northern Territory under new designated area migration agreements.
Unions stage major Budget Day rally
August 28, 2014
Hundreds of Tasmanians will converge on Parliament Lawns from 12 Noon today in response to massive job cuts and a wage-freeze flagged in the Liberal’s first State Budget.
No action on offshore safety concerns two years on from Stena Clyde deaths
August 27, 2014
Today marks two years since the deaths of two workers on the Stena Clyde oil rig in the Bass Strait off the coast of Victoria and still no action has been taken over long-standing safety concerns.
No union or TAFE representation on new skills and training board – no surprise from this Government
August 15, 2014
Minister Ian Macfarlane is letting down the industries he is meant to represent by failing to include anyone from unions or the TAFE sector on the new Vocational Education Training (VET) advisory board announced today.
Pay gap will worsen under attack on penalty rates
August 15, 2014
The record high 18.2 per cent gender pay gap will widen even further if business groups win their campaign to strip away penalty rates and attack the minimum wage.
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