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Recent Media Releases
Statement on retirement of Ian Silk
July 13, 2021
Ian Silk has been the Chief Executive of AustralianSuper since its formation in 2006, prior to which he was the Chief Executive of AustralianSuper’s predecessor fund, the Australian Retirement Fund.
Morrison Government abandons JobKeeper, cuts support for workers
July 13, 2021
The Morrison Government has walked away from the successful JobKeeper program which kept businesses and workers afloat throughout 2020 in favour of disaster relief payments which do not guarantee jobs and radically cut support to workers.
Morrison must provide JobKeeper 2.0 as Sydney workers face another week without pay
July 12, 2021
Workers in Sydney who have been stood down or lost their shifts face another week without pay as
cases grow daily and the Morrison Government refuses to provide JobKeeper 2.0.
Morrison tinkers with tiny lockdown payments, continues to shift blame
July 8, 2021
Prime Minister Morrison has failed working Australians struggling through ongoing lockdowns, with the piecemeal tinkering to lockdown payments he announced today still leaving insecure workers enduring weeks with no work and no pay unable to afford to pay rent, bills and feed their families.
Stop blaming aged care workers for government failures on vaccines – Providers and unions unite
July 7, 2021
Aged care providers and the union movement have united to reject the current blame shifting on vaccination, saying it is government failures that have caused low vaccination rates, not workers.
ABS figures on potential workers finds additional 250,000 unemployed
July 7, 2021
A quarter of a million Australians, not captured in unemployment figures, are locked out of the job
market due to a lack of access to affordable childcare or are being discouraged from looking for work by
the lack of jobs, according to ABS figures released today.
Morrison Government must not move on from failed aged care rollout
July 6, 2021
The union movement, along with NSW Health Minister Brett Hazzard, have been calling for vaccinations to be administered in aged care workplace as an immediate priority. Rather than getting vaccines to the two thirds of aged care workers who have still not been vaccinated, the Morrison Government is shifting its focus to a general population rollout and once again excluding working people from discussions.
Morrison must support two thirds of aged care workers still trying to get vaccinated
July 5, 2021
The failures of the Morrison Government have led to two thirds of aged care staff at a Sydney aged care home
currently dealing with an outbreak not being vaccinated. The Federal Government must ramp up efforts to support
aged and disability care workers to get vaccinated.
Superannuation Guarantee increase a step towards secure retirement
July 1, 2021
Unions welcome the Superannuation Guarantee increasing to 10 per cent today but much more remains to be
done. The Morrison Government must abandon its campaign to repeal the remaining legislated increase, cease its
undermining of the compulsory, preserved system, which is delivering for working people, and publicly commit to
its election promise of the Superannuation Guarantee rising to 12 per cent.
Half of all Australians in lockdown with no support, Morrison Government must start Jobkeeper 2
June 30, 2021
Unions call on the Morrison Government to urgently bring in JobKeeper 2 as NSW, QLD, NT and WA all go into
lockdown.
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