Media Releases
Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.
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Recent Media Releases
Morrison extends disastrous super withdrawal scheme
July 24, 2020
The Morrison Government is again endangering the retirement prospects of ordinary Australians by extending the early access super scheme which has already ripped billions from the retirement savings of working people, especially women and young people.
Poll finds 80% support paid pandemic leave
July 23, 2020
80.8 per cent of Australians want the Morrison Government to provide paid pandemic leave for all workers, according to a new poll conducted for the ACTU.
Morrison must step up to save and create jobs, deliver pandemic leave
July 23, 2020
With Australia facing its gravest economic crisis in a century, the Morrison Government must provide a real plan for job creation and national economic reconstruction as well as paid pandemic leave for all workers in order to protect the livelihoods of Australian workers and businesses.
Union campaign delivers continued income support
July 21, 2020
The ACTU has welcomed the continuation of JobKeeper and JobSeeker but has concerns about the changes to the program design.
Unions launch plan for jobs led reconstruction
July 20, 2020
Over a million secure jobs would be created or supported under a comprehensive and bold economic reconstruction plan to help steer Australia through and recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
7.4 per cent unemployed, Morrison must extend JobKeeper and adopt jobs plan
July 16, 2020
Today’s unemployment figures show there has been no economic snap back and underscore the need for a serious and comprehensive economic reconstruction plan to get Australia working again.
Report into gig economy reveals human cost of insecure work
July 15, 2020
Rates of gig economy work have been increasing, and this type of work is just one part of the expansion of insecure work in Australia according to the damning findings of a landmark report into the so-called gig economy in Victoria released today and welcomed by the ACTU.
Super withdrawals scheme ensures retirement poverty will be Morrison’s legacy
July 15, 2020
The Morrison Government’s reprehensible attack on the retirement savings of working Australians is far from over, with hundreds of thousands of working people already applying for the second round of early withdrawals from their superannuation accounts.
Return to $40 a day JobSeeker would crush recovery
July 14, 2020
It is essential that JobSeeker never returns to the poverty levels of the old NewStart allowance, for the health and safety of the existing unemployed, the hundreds of thousands of workers who have lost work during this pandemic, and also for the long-term strength of our economy.
New pandemic protections for workers urgently needed
July 9, 2020
Following the surge in cases, new lockdowns and border closures, the ACTU is calling on the Morrison Government to urgently provide paid pandemic leave at the full rate of pay for everyone who needs testing or must quarantine – no matter how many times this may happen.
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