Pocock says skilled migrants should be top priority as Australia faces shortage of AI workers and tradies – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Sep 3
Guardian Essential poll: One Nation’s popularity slips as Albanese records lowest approval as prime minister Coalition regains ground as support for Labor and Pauline Hanson’s party falls amid ‘messy immigration debate’ The Guardian - AU · Sep 1
Albo is clinging to a safe strategy. What the people want is something bolder The major parties are both out of touch in distinct ways. The Canberra Times · Aug 21
'Got our own plans': treasurer demolishes housing push The ACTU has called for a rise in the number of public houses built in its next policy fight, but the treasurer is confident the right settings are in place. AAP · Aug 18
Morning Mail: Fake site exposes alleged spy scheme; Sally McManus’s farewell; Sam Neill honoured at Logies FBI investigates alleged Chinese espionage; ACTU secretary set to step down; Sam Neill wins posthumous best actor award The Guardian - AU · Aug 16
The PM called Sally McManus a giant of the labour movement. Now she just wants to go birding After securing wage rises for low-paid workers, weathering death threats and working with three PMs – the ACTU secretary is ready for a break The Guardian - AU · Aug 16
New head of Australian trade union movement named after Sally McManus steps down Melissa Donnelly, the national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union, will replace the outgoing ACTU head The Guardian - AU · Aug 10
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sally McManus on how AI could force future cuts to HECS debts and work hours The country’s top two union leaders, Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) secretary Sally McManus and president Michelle O'Neil, announced last week they’re stepping down from their roles by the end of the year. The Conversation · Aug 5
After a decade leading the ACTU, what is the legacy of Sally McManus and Michele O'Neil? Australia’s union movement, representing around 1.6 million workers, will have two new leaders by the end of this year, in a surprise move only revealed to key union figures on Monday. The Conversation · Jul 28
PM praises Sally McManus and Michele O’Neil as ‘giants’ as they resign from ACTU Secretary and president of Australian Council of Trade Unions announced surprise departures on Monday evening The Guardian - AU · Jul 27
ACTU bosses step down for post-CFMEU renaissance ACTU leaders have stepped down from their roles, saying a new generation is needed to bring the union movement through a turbulent era. AAP · Jul 27
New Victorian premier Ben Carroll says ‘I will do things differently’ – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jul 27
Pressure is growing inside Labor to properly tax gas exports. Here’s what a 25% tax could pay for A change in the ALP’s platform signals the fight to get a fair return for our resources is not over The Guardian - AU · Jul 22
‘Servants To The Tech Lords’: What Albanese’s AI Plan Really Means For Workers Anthony Albanese’s “world‑leading” AI plan promises tougher rules and big investment. Unions and creatives say they’re encouraged. Pedestrian.tv · Jul 17
Newcastle Herald · Jun 22 ACTU boss backs Wambo workers amid pay stoush lockout The ACTU is calling for changes to the laws that allow companies to lockout workers without pay.
AAP · Apr 30 Extra annual leave, roster 'justice' urged for workers Unions are pushing for workers to get five weeks of annual leave and an overhaul of how rosters are managed, as workers "suffer" from unfair conditions.
The Conversation · Apr 23 WorkChoices helped end John Howard’s leadership. The policy’s ghost still haunts the Liberals WorkChoices marked one of the great turning points of the Howard era. It accelerated the unravelling of a decade-long Coalition government, handed Labor a potent election weapon, and led the most successful union campaigns in modern Australian political history.
AAP · Mar 24 Unions urge five per cent pay rise as inflation bites Employer groups warn a pay rise above inflation for minimum wage earners would only tip more fuel onto the fire as rising petrol prices worry the Reserve Bank.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 18 Never waste a fuel crisis: the Albanese government must seize the moment and start taxing gas companies A failure to respond to soaring energy prices and act in the May budget could make voters turn their anger toward the federal government
The Conversation · Mar 4 Even if Australians won an extra week of leave, we’d need to make sure they could take it Do your holidays always feel too short? Or are you a parent struggling to juggle the demands of school holidays with the leave you’re allowed to take?
AAP · Mar 4 Unions demand an extra week of annual leave for workers An extra week of annual leave would add two per cent to employment costs but reduce employee turnover and time lost to injury and stress, unions say.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 24 Australia’s most costly anti-climate policy hits taxpayers for $30m a day as calls mount to wind back fuel tax credits The government will hand over $10.8bn this financial year under the scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and petrol
AAP · Feb 22 Labor luminary takes aim at housing tax breaks Tax concessions for property investors are driving inequality and should be wound back, one of the key architects of the Hawke-Keating reforms says.
AAP · Feb 4 Unions set sights on pay rises, threaten strike action Workers are more ready to strike than ever before, unions say, as they push for above-inflation pay rises to help members with high housing costs.
Pedestrian.tv · Feb 3 Rent, Mortgages, Groceries: How Today’s RBA Rate Hike Hits Young Aussies A new RBA rate hike is set to push up mortgages. We explain what the decision actually means for young Australians.