Media Releases

Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.

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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

Educator/Organiser Brisbane

August 6, 2004

Trade Union Training Australia (TUTA), the training arm of the ACTU, is seeking a educator/trainer…

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Working Together In The Interests of the Country

August 5, 2004

The ACTU’s expectations of Labor are to provide an effective safety net and a modern…

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Casuals In The Retail Industry

August 4, 2004

The SDA is determined to reduce the level of casualisation in the retail industry and…

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Emancipation Incomplete

August 4, 2004

If the Government wants to keep women in the workforce, it will need to get…

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ACTU Secretary Greg Combet’s Address To ACTU Casuals Conference

August 3, 2004

Personal relationships lasting years aren’t regarded as casual and neither should long term employment relationships…

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Casual Employment – What Price Do Women Pay?

August 2, 2004

Instead of showing leadership, the federal government is doing every thing it can to encourage…

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Major New Research Explodes Myth Of The ‘Happy Casual Worker’

August 2, 2004

A major new study released today explodes the myth that Australia’s 2.2 million casual workers…

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Chicken Little, Henny Penny And Labor’s Casuals Policy

August 2, 2004

Despite the squarking to the contrary by the Federal Government and business groups, the sky…

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ACTU Super Newsletter – July / Aug 2004

July 30, 2004

In this months ACTU Super Newsletter: Union Super Power conference Syd/Melb September 2004; Union members…

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Asbestos victims denied justice by $2 billion compensation shortfall

July 28, 2004

A $2 billion shortfall in the fund set up by James Hardie to compensate victims…

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