Media Releases

Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.

You can also keep track of ACTU media releases by following the official ACTU feed on Twitter at @unionsaustralia.


All ACTU media enquiries should be directed to ACTU Media team:

T: 03 9664 7315 (24 hours)
E: media@actu.org.au


Recent Media Releases

ACTU calls for pause on rates as CPI below expectations

July 26, 2023

Today’s CPI figures show inflation is slowing to 6.0 per cent year on year, according…

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Rugby League Players Association address ACTU for the first time

July 25, 2023

The Rugby League Players Association addressed the ACTU for the first time in their fight…

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Australian workers deserve reliable incomes. Minister Burke’s speech welcomed.

July 24, 2023

The ACTU welcomes Minister Burke’s speech to the Sydney Institute today where he foreshadowed legislation…

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Death of food delivery rider shows why reform is needed  

July 24, 2023

The Union movement extends its thoughts to the loved ones of food delivery rider who…

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ACTU welcomes release of Government’s new Wellbeing Framework

July 21, 2023

The ACTU today welcomes Australia’s first ever national wellbeing framework “Measuring what matters”. The framework…

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ACTU welcomes steady unemployment rate

July 20, 2023

Labour market figures release today show that unemployment rate was steady to 3.5% with an…

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ACTU welcomes Michele Bullock as new RBA Governor  

July 14, 2023

The ACTU welcomes the appointment of Michele Bullock as the new RBA Governor.   Michele Bullock…

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ACTU calls out Jeff Kennett on pay cuts for WFH workers 

July 12, 2023

The ACTU has called out former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett’s suggestion that staff working from…

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ACTU welcomes pause on interest rates

July 4, 2023

The ACTU welcomes the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to hold the cash rate at 4.1%, but warns that the rate pause today is small comfort to workers bearing the brunt of inflation and low wage growth over the last decade.

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Boost to workers pay packets as wages increases kick in

June 30, 2023

From 1 July 2.67 million Australian workers will strata to see a boost to their pay packet thanks to
minimum wage and award wage decision by the Fair Work Commission argued and campaigned for by
unions. These increases apply from an employee’s first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2023

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