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Recent Media Releases
Secret RCEP trade deal to be signed without oversight
November 13, 2020
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal has been negotiated behind closed doors between Australia and China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Un-amended JobMaker scheme will only create insecure work
November 12, 2020
The Morrison Government has rejected common sense safeguard amendments put forward by the ALP and the Greens and supported by Jacqui Lambie and Rex Patrick to the JobMaker hiring credit and instead ploughed ahead with a program which is likely to create a new wave of insecure work and risks displacing workers in existing jobs.
ACTU calls for oversight to ensure tax payer funding delivers for women
November 11, 2020
The ACTU today called on the Federal Government to establish a tripartite oversight body, with representatives from unions, business and Government, to ensure the historic levels of taxpayer funding for economic recovery is delivering for Australian women.
Morrison cuts JobSeeker to $51.21 per day
November 10, 2020
With 1.4 million people reliant on the JobSeeker payment for support the Morrison Government has announced that from January 1 the JobSeeker rate will be cut by $100 per fortnight leaving people on $51.20 per day.
Climate Change Bill presents opportunity for Morrison to catch up with the rest of the world
November 9, 2020
The bill to be introduced today by Zali Steggall offers the Morrison Government a chance to join with the rest of the world in addressing the existential threat posed by climate change.
JobMaker scheme will churn workers through short-term, insecure jobs
November 2, 2020
ACTU President Michele O’Neil will give evidence to the Senate Inquiry examining the JobMaker Hiring Credit to express the union movement’s serious concerns about the design of the scheme and the likely outcome for workers and the economy.
JobMaker follows trend: poorly designed, unable to deliver
October 27, 2020
The Government’s admission in senate estimates that the JobMaker scheme will only create 45,000 of the 450,000 jobs announced in the budget will not surprise Australian workers.
Unemployment increases as Morrison pulls support
October 15, 2020
Unemployment has climbed again to 6.9 per cent, with youth unemployment at 14.5 per cent and 11.4 per cent of working people underemployed according to data released this morning by the ABS. 29,500 people lost jobs in the last month.
183 deaths at work in 2019, first increase in more than a decade
October 12, 2020
Data released today by Safe Work Australia tracking workplace injuries and fatalities in 2019 shows the rate of workplace deaths increasing for the first time since 2007 as the Morrison Government continues to drag its feet on work health and safety reform.
Test of budget to come: will jobs be saved and secure jobs created?
October 6, 2020
The test of this budget is whether current jobs are protected, and whether it delivers secure jobs fast to protect workers from the economic impact of the pandemic.
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