Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
Unions welcome review of Comcare workers’ compensation scheme
December 12, 2025
This comprehensive review, which considered the views of workers, unions and employers, sets a clear roadmap to modernise the scheme, ensuring it reflects the realities of contemporary work, improves governance and usability, and aligns entitlements with best practice and social expectations.
Unions welcome expanded support to tackle gender inequality
December 8, 2025
The grant program brings together unions, employers, and the government to support initiatives, such as leadership programs, toolkits for small businesses, and audits and training to improve workplace safety and culture.
Unions welcome review of Closing Loopholes workplace reforms
December 5, 2025
The Closing Loopholes reforms of 2023 and 2024 brought in Same Job Same Pay for labour-hire workers, world-first rights for gig workers, and better protections for casual workers, among a range of other changes.
Chemist Warehouse workers win big
December 3, 2025
For the first time in Australia, the Fair Work Commission today ordered Chemist Warehouse to negotiate a multi-employer agreement with its workforce, the first employer in the retail pharmacy sector to face a union collective agreement.
Economy heading in the right direction
December 3, 2025
Australian Unions have welcomed today’s national accounts figures showing the economy is improving.
AI Plan puts workers at the centre
December 2, 2025
Australian Unions welcome the Albanese Government’s announcement of a National AI Plan containing clear recognition of the need to put working people’s rights, wages, conditions, and jobs at the centre of the future roll-out of AI technology.
Union wins help narrow the gender pay gap
November 28, 2025
Working women in Australia are seeing the gender pay gap narrow thanks to new work rights, pay rises in undervalued sectors, and strong increases in award and collective agreement wages.
Unions welcome new AI Safety Institute
November 25, 2025
Australian Unions welcome today’s announcement of the Australian AI Safety Institute, calling it a critical step toward ensuring Australia has a pro-worker, pro-jobs and pro-growth adoption of Artificial Intelligence.
Landmark ruling orders AGL to support closing power plant workers
November 25, 2025
The Fair Work Commission has made its first ever order requiring a major energy employer to provide support for workers facing job losses from the closure of a power plant.
Australia on track for more asbestos deaths, unions warn
November 21, 2025
Australian Unions will today call for an urgent overhaul of national asbestos health and safety laws to force employers to remove asbestos-containing materials from Australian workplaces, including schools.
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