Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
Workers mental health under threat from violence and aggression, increasing work pressure and discrimination
November 20, 2025
Australian workers experienced unacceptably high levels of burn-out, stress and over-work, the latest data from the Work Shouldn’t Hurt Survey reveals.
APRA’s failures shouldn’t cost members their retirement savings
November 19, 2025
Unions are concerned that APRA and ASIC’s failures to prevent the First Guardian and Shield collapses could cost working people’s superannuation savings through an increase in mandatory levies paid by all superannuation funds.
More secure jobs are being created
November 13, 2025
The trend reflects a growing number of working Australians moving from casual and part-time work into full-time secure employment. The casual share of employment fell to its lowest level in August 2025, the lowest it has been since the early 1990s.
Passage of payday super a win for workers fighting super theft
November 4, 2025
Australian Unions welcome the passage of the Albanese Government’s payday super legislation through Parliament this afternoon.
Safety rules failing to tackle climate change risk to workers
November 4, 2025
Unions are calling for new work health and safety laws to better protect workers from climate change, including extreme heat, natural disasters and air pollution.
Coalition must stop playing politics with women’s grief
October 30, 2025
Coalition MPs, including Andrew Hastie and Barnaby Joyce, have challenged the laws currently before the Senate, cynically exploiting women’s grief to raise their opposition to women undergoing late-term abortions.
Adult age, adult wage: ACTU backs the change
October 27, 2025
Australian Unions are backing a bid to end junior rates of pay in a case starting in the Fair Work Commission today.
Unions warn Coalition’s attack on bargaining a risk to living standards
October 20, 2025
The ACTU warns that the Coalition’s commitment to attack workers’ bargaining rights would undermine Australian living standards, particularly for workers in low-paid sectors.
New data reveals a third of jobs driving Australia’s serious injury claims
October 17, 2025
A third of jobs accounted for over half of all serious work injury claims over the past year, with healthcare and social assistance being the most common industries, according to new data released by Safe Work Australia.
ACTU renews calls for rate cuts as unemployment rises
October 16, 2025
The ACTU is calling on the RBA to cut the cash rate at its next meeting, following today’s ABS data showing a rise in unemployment to 4.5 per cent – the highest it has been in over three years.
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