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Recent Media Releases
Morrison forced to back down on ideological attack on industry superannuation
November 12, 2021
Workers’ superannuation will remain protected after the Morrison Government was forced to drop its Portfolio Holdings Disclosure bill, which would have forced additional disclosure requirements on industry superannuation funds, compromising their market advantage and reducing the sector-leading returns they secure for members.
Littleproud puts employers in charge of policing Ag Visa exploitation
November 12, 2021
Agriculture Minister Littleproud has put employers in charge of preventing their own exploitation of temporary visa workers under the new Agriculture Visa.
ACTU President calls on Morrison Government to implement all 55 recommendations of Respect@Work report at National forum on Workplace Sexual Harassment
November 11, 2021
ACTU President Michele O’Neil will once again call on the Morrison Government to fully implement all 55 recommendations of the Respect@Work report at the National Forum on Workplace Sexual Harassment today, an event at which Attorney General Michaela Cash is also speaking.
Agricultural visa program will allow employers to treat workers like property
November 10, 2021
Minister for Agriculture, David Littleproud, has conceded on RN Breakfast this morning that the new Agriculture Visa has virtually no limits on how employers can use short-term migrant workers, and evaded questions on whether it will allow workers to be traded between bosses like property.
New Agriculture Visa would strip safeguards present in routinely exploited Pacific Labour Mobility program
November 9, 2021
Migrant workers facing widely reported exploitation under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme will be at greater risk of abuse and mistreatment under the Morrison Government’s new Agriculture Visa, which offers even fewer protections than the PALM scheme.
Profits defy pandemic recession while workers continue to battle stagnant wages and rising insecurity
November 4, 2021
ACTU President Michele O’Neil will address a Senate Inquiry on job security to tell Senators that while Australian businesses netted a 17.9 per cent increase in profits over the last 18 months, workers continue to inch towards a decade of record low wage growth.
Up to 700,000 workers to have disaster payments cut today
October 29, 2021
Up to 700,000 workers will have their disaster payments cut by the Morrison Government today as Victoria reaches 80 per cent full vaccination, despite reopening being incomplete and worker capacity remaining staggered.
Workplace deaths increase two years in a row, report shows
October 28, 2021
Workplace fatalities have increased for a second year running according to data released this week. In a year that saw the Morrison Government reject including industrial manslaughter in model OHS laws, 194 workers lost their lives due to injuries at work.
$5 billion in superannuation stolen from workers
October 28, 2021
$5 billion in superannuation has been stolen by employers from almost 1.7 million men and 1.3 million women, according to a report released by Industry Super Australia today.
Removal of $450 threshold a huge win for working people
October 27, 2021
After years of campaigning by the Australian union movement, the Morrison Government finally introduced legislation today to remove the $450 minimum threshold for superannuation guarantee contributions, marking a significant step towards workers being paid super on every dollar earned.
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