Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
Senate inquiry exposes damning reality of insecure work
December 7, 2021
The Senate Select Committee on Job Security has heard appalling evidence in Newcastle this week detailing the extent of the insecure work crisis in this country.
Half of women experience sexual harassment while Morrison refuses to act
December 7, 2021
53 per cent of women and 25 per cent of men in Australia have experienced sexual harassment, according to data released by the ABS today, emphasizing the critical need for the Morrison Government to implement all recommendations of the Respect@Work report, and the 28 recommendations of the Set the Standard report on systemic workplace issues in Parliament House.
Labor’s Made in Australia Skills Plan would fuel pandemic recovery & reinvest in Australian jobs
December 5, 2021
The ACTU welcomes Labor’s Future Made in Australia Skills Plan which will see a commitment to free TAFE for those enrolling in courses that would fill skill shortages, and a reinvestment in Australian university and TAFE that will replace places lost under successive Coalition Governments.
Labor’s 2030 target provides important certainty
December 3, 2021
The Labor Party’s target to reduce emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 is welcomed by the ACTU.
Morrison delays action for women again
December 2, 2021
The Morrison Government has yet again failed to prioritise women and has delayed introducing legislation to abolish the $450 superannuation guarantee threshold – despite announcing the change in October of this year.
Another year gone, still no federal anti-corruption commission
December 2, 2021
Parliament is set to close for the year of 2021, without the Morrison Government taking a step closer to establishing the federal anti-corruption commission that it announced in 2018.
GDP shows cost of vaccine strollout
December 1, 2021
The Morrison Government’s failure to acquire vaccines on time or to build proper quarantine facilities resulted in a decline in GDP of 1.9 per cent – an economy $18.9 billion smaller than projected in the budget.
Government should be seeking unity, not stoking division
December 1, 2021
Australians are exhausted and sick of politically expedient division drummed up by a Government trying to shore up its position on the eve of an election campaign.
Morrison must address sexual harassment, violence in Parliament and in all workplaces
November 30, 2021
The Morrison Government must act on all 28 recommendations in today’s report, ‘Set the Standard’, which outlines alarming rates of bullying, sexual harassment and assault in Parliament House. The Government must also act for all workers across the country and implement all 55 recommendations of the Respect@Work report.
Support for workers critical to keeping reopening workplaces safe
November 29, 2021
In the coming weeks and months as restrictions ease and borders come down COVID will circulate across the country we must ensure that workplaces are as safe as possible.
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