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September 14, 2023
Labour market figures released today show that unemployment rate remains steady at 3.7% with around…
September 13, 2023
In a massive win for union members, the High Court of Australia today ruled that…
September 6, 2023
New data from the ABS today reported the Australian economy has grown by 0.4 per…
September 5, 2023
The elevation of Michele Bullock as RBA governor from the 18th of September provides an opportunity for the RBA to prioritise its outlined objective of full employment.
September 4, 2023
The ACTU welcomes the news that Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce has decided to step…
September 4, 2023
Yesterday saw pushback from several employer representative groups over the employer’s role in payments for paid parental leave in a report tabled by the Senate Education and Employment References Committee
The ACTU has significant concerns about the recommendations made by the report, which include that the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 be amended so that small businesses do not need to pay Parental Leave Pay instalments directly to their workers unless they opt to do so.
August 31, 2023
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has today released the results of the 2023 superannuation…
August 31, 2023
Harvey Norman will be sitting comfortably today after posting pre-tax profits of $1.13 billion for…
August 30, 2023
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has today announced that the date for the Indigenous Voice to…
August 25, 2023
The average woman in Australia effectively works an extra 56 days of the year to earn the same as the average man.
Today marks Equal Pay Day, a symbolic day dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap.
The gender pay gap is the difference between the average earnings for men and women, expressed as a percentage of men’s average earnings.
