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The participation rate of women in the Australian workforce has once again reached record highs of 63.4 per cent, according to today’s ABS Labour Force statistics. The April 2025 figures show ...

Wages rose 3.4 per cent over the year to March, driven by strong wage increases for workers paid under collective agreements. This is the clearest sign yet that working people’s incomes are finally ...

The ACTU welcomes the re-election of the Albanese Labor Government, and we look forward to working with them to ensure working people continue to see real wage growth, increased job security, and safe ...

The Coalition’s long-awaited election costings reveal a $1.2 billion cut to programs aimed at Australia’s working women. The Coalition’s costings lay bare $1.2 billion in funding cuts to programs that ...

Australian Unions warn comments by a Tasmanian Liberal candidate reveal the full extent of a Dutton-led Government’s broad ambition to cut minimum wage rates for Australian workers. Liberal candidate ...

The Coalition’s only plan for women is to remove access to affordable childcare by reintroducing the childcare activity test if elected. This will result in parents throughout Australia losing ...

Australian Unions welcome the Fair Work Commission’s decision handed down today that workers under five priority awards have had their pay historically undervalued based on gender. Using improvements ...

Australian Unions today slammed Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton’s plan to scrap the Federal Government’s Free TAFE program. The ACTU has released data showing that free TAFE places have been widely ...

Australian Unions are releasing a new report today outlining how workers would be $8,700 worse off by now, if Peter Dutton had achieved his goal of blocking the Government’s major reforms to get wages ...

Nearly three million award workers should not be paid enough to buy lunch at work, according to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (ACCI) submission to the Annual Wage Review. The ACCI ...

Australian Unions say Peter Dutton’s apparent backflip on forcing workers back to the office five days a week does not mean that access to flexible work would be safe under a future Coalition ...