Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
North West shelf workers deserve to be treated with more respect
January 29, 2010
Workers helping build the Pluto project on the North West shelf should comply with the orders that have been issued by the Federal Court and return to work.
Investment in skills and infrastructure crucial to boost Australian productivity
January 19, 2010
Major investment in skills, training and infrastructure will be needed if Australia is to respond to the challenge of lifting productivity growth.
New protections and minimum standards will be better for all Australian workers
January 1, 2010
New minimum employment standards that come into effect on New Year’s Day will be good for all Australian workers and represent a major step forward from WorkChoices.
Australia Post management is putting job security, workplace safety and pay at risk
December 22, 2009
Australia Post executives are causing disruption of Christmas postal services by stubbornly refusing to negotiate with employees over job security, workplace safety and pay.
Copenhagen climate conference fails to deliver a satisfactory deal to cut greenhouse gases
December 19, 2009
At the close of the Copenhagen conference, world leaders must move to resume negotiation to tackle climate change, before it is too late.
Australian PM raises stakes towards ‘grand bargain’
December 17, 2009
Australia has moved the Copenhagen climate talks forward, with key advances outlined in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s ‘grand bargain’ speech to world leaders now negotiating a global deal.
Decisive action needed from PM as talks teeter
December 16, 2009
As PM Kevin Rudd arrives in Copenhagen the leaders of the Southern Cross Climate Coalition (SCCC)has urged him to take decisive action to help haul the negotiations back on track.
Increase in workplace deaths means health and safety laws need to be strengthened: new data
December 11, 2009
A sharp rise in work-related fatalities last year shows that proposed new workplace health and safety laws need to be strengthened, not watered down.
Abbott’s ‘no worker will be worse off’ claim is dishonest
December 9, 2009
Liberal leader Tony Abbott’s claim that ‘no workers would be worse off’ under his industrial relations policy is patently dishonest.
IR zealots Abbott and Abetz plan to bring back WorkChoices, remove No Disadvantage Test
December 8, 2009
Liberal Leader Tony Abbott’s failure to rule out scrapping the No Disadvantage Test is a warning to working Australians that their pay and conditions will be at risk under a Coalition Government.
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