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Recent Media Releases
Morrison must intervene, return Priya, Nades and children home to Biloela
August 30, 2019
Prime Minister Morrison must intervene and stop the deportation of Priya, Nades and their two Australian-born children to Sri Lanka.
Legal community speaks out against ‘unprecedented’ EI bill
August 29, 2019
A coalition of public interest and human rights legal groups has spoken out against the Morrison Government’s attack on working people’s basic rights through the Ensuring Integrity bill, recommending that the bill not be passed in a submission to an ongoing senate inquiry.
Work laws must address equal pay
August 28, 2019
The peak body for working people has used Equal Pay Day to call on Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter to address the pervasive and ongoing inequality for women at work in his upcoming review of the Fair Work Act.
ACTU calls for Morrison to pause Hong Kong trade deal
August 28, 2019
The peak body for working people has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to put Australia’s trade deal with Hong Kong on hold until concerns around human rights abuses of pro-democracy protestors are resolved.
PM must stand up for women and guarantee super increase
August 28, 2019
Jason Falinski has joined a group of Government backbenchers publicly calling on the Morrison Government to reverse the already legislated increase to the super guarantee to 12 per cent. Mr Falinski earns 15 per cent super on his salary of $210,000, or $25,000 per year.
Morrison slammed for backing failed bid to cut sick leave
August 21, 2019
The peak body for working people has slammed the Morrison Government’s intervention in a failed case that could have seen sick and personal leave rights cut for thousands of people working shifts.
Business lobby urges Porter to take away rights
August 21, 2019
Big business lobbyists are demanding Minister Porter change the law to allow employers to convert permanent jobs into casual jobs with less rights and less job security.
Cash throws another $10 million at failed scheme
August 19, 2019
Michaelia Cash has announced that the Morrison Government will hand $10 million of tax payers’ money to employer groups through the failed $4 per hour PaTH ‘internship’ program.
No progress on gender pay gap
August 15, 2019
The gender pay gap remains stationary at 14 per cent, equating to an additional 59 days pay this financial year for the average male worker compared to the average female, according to data released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency today.
Four in five working people injured or ill due to work: Survey
August 12, 2019
Nearly 80 percent of working people have been injured, or become ill, or both as a result of their work, according to a survey released today by the peak body for working people. The same number of people say existing penalties for employers are not enough to make them take safety seriously.
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