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Recent Media Releases
Unfair Dismissal
October 1, 2004
Millions of Australians working in small businesses face the threat of being unfairly sacked for…
Aged Care Workers Welcome Labor Policy To Rebuild Aged Care
October 1, 2004
Labor’s Aged Care Policy announced today will help rebuild Australia’s system of aged care after…
Latham Stars In Launch Of Brilliant New Health Policy
September 29, 2004
Labor’s campaign launch today, including the release of a brilliant new policy to provide free…
Low Pay, Casual Work And Overtime To Worsen Under Coalition IR Policy
September 28, 2004
Low paid jobs, casual work and unpaid overtime are set to worsen under the Coalition’s…
John Howard’s ‘Nanny State’: Rich Parents Get $10,000 Tax Rebate
September 27, 2004
Millionaire parents with full time nannies stand to get $10,000 or more from the Coalition’s…
Electrolux “Try On” Rebuffed
September 24, 2004
Four hundred Dandenong workers have stared down an attempt to use the controversial Electrolux decision…
Coalition Parties Must Return James Hardie Donations To Asbestos Victims
September 22, 2004
The ACTU today calls on the Liberal Party and the National Party to immediately return…
Apprentice Toolkits Are A Farcical Response To $9 Billion Skills Shortage
September 22, 2004
Toolkits for apprentices are a farcical response by John Howard to Australia’s major skills shortage…
Jackson Inquiry Says James Hardie Must Pay
September 21, 2004
ACTU Secretary Greg Combet today welcomed the release of the report by Mr Jackson QC…
Labor’s Education Policy; A Win For Working Families
September 21, 2004
The Howard Government schools funding bias would end with 98% of Australian schools to gain…
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