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March 25, 2025
Australian Unions welcome tonight’s Federal Budget as a further strong signal that incomes will continue to grow through real wage growth and tax cuts under the Albanese Government.
March 24, 2025
More than 600,000 workers nationally currently work from home to spend less time commuting or to save money. If these workers are forced back onto the roads – it will add to congestion and make life harder for everyone.
March 20, 2025
In 2017, the Fair Work Commission cut penalty rates in similar circumstances. The then Coalition Government, which included Peter Dutton, voted against restoring those penalty rates eight times.
March 14, 2025
Australians Unions welcome today’s release of exposure draft legislation by the Albanese Government requiring super to be paid at the same time as wages.
March 14, 2025
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s promise to eliminate Future Made in Australia is a threat to the jobs and livelihoods of working people and their loved ones. The last time Peter Dutton was in government, his party let our car manufacturing industry die. Now, he wants to stop Australian metals manufacturing workers and their kids from having a better future.
March 14, 2025
Coalition Leader, Peter Dutton’s panicky small backtrack on his work from home ban for public sector workers would still be harmful for women, and based on his record, is unlikely to be true, says the ACTU.
March 13, 2025
The push by big business to scrap penalty rates has spread to the finance sector and all administrative workers.
March 7, 2025
The boost in women’s wages under the Albanese Government equates to an extra $2,600 on average per year for a full-time working woman.
March 5, 2025
Working people in our outer suburbs face some of the longest and most expensive commutes. Forcing hundreds of thousands of workers back on the roads will mean less time with your kids and more time stuck in traffic.
March 4, 2025
Shadow Finance Minister, Jane Hume’s pledge to end work-from-home arrangements in the public sector is another sign that the Coalition is blindly following US President Trump’s lead on workplace priorities.
