Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
RBA confirms real wage cuts until mid-2024
August 5, 2022
Wages for Australian workers will continue to be cut in real terms until June 2024, according to projections released this morning by the RBA.
Oil giants’ sky-high profits fuels cost of living crisis
August 3, 2022
Shell, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and now BP posted global record profits according to half-yearly earnings, off the back of rising world energy prices, according to reports released in the last week.
ACTU welcomes Greens’ support for Climate Bill
August 3, 2022
Unions welcome the Greens’ decision to support the Albanese Government’s emissions reduction Bill.
Interest rate increases worsen cost-of-living crisis
August 2, 2022
The interest rate rise of 0.5 per cent, which brings the cash rate to 1.85 per cent, announced today by the Reserve Bank of Australia will worsen the cost-of-living crisis for workers.
10 days paid Family and Domestic Violence leave introduced into parliament after years of union campaigning
July 28, 2022
After a decade of campaigning for 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave by unions, the new Albanese Government will finally introduce legislation to enshrine the right into the parliament today.
Wage crisis deepens for workers
July 28, 2022
Today’s update from the Treasurer means that wages are not expected to grow in real terms until the middle of 2024, meaning workers suffering during the cost-of-living crises will worsen.
A lost decade of wage growth and inflation at 6.1%
July 27, 2022
CPI figures released by the ABS today shows that inflation has risen to 6.1%, an increase of 1.8% for the June quarter.
Unions welcome Government action on climate change
July 27, 2022
Unions welcome the Albanese Government’s Bill introduced into parliament today to reduce emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 and to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Record number of First Nations parliamentarians an opportunity to further First Nations workers
July 26, 2022
The ACTU and broader union movement welcomes the record number of First Nations parliamentarians in the 47th Parliament, and calls upon the Federal Government to take this opportunity to further the progress of First Nations workers.
The ACTU welcomes end to anti-worker building code
July 24, 2022
The ACTU welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Tony Burke today that the Government will remove the anti-worker elements of the Turnbull/Morrison Government’s Building Code.
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