Media Releases Year: 2021


Recent Media Releases

Unions call for urgent climate action to secure future jobs

18/08/2021

The most recent IPCC report shows Australia has already experienced 1.4 C° warming and faces a future of more extreme weather, bushfires, flooding, and lower winter rainfall in our major cities and agricultural regions.

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Funtea worker protest will call for conviction of Gavin Guo

09/08/2021

Workers and supporters will protest outside of the Adelaide Magistrates Court this Wednesday as Gavin Guo receives sentencing for the Funtea assault, an incident which saw widespread outrage online this year.

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Lucas fronts grilling over return to work changes

28/07/2021

The brewing stoush between the government and advocates is set to level up as the Treasurer faces a grilling at Parliamentary Estimates over the proposed Return to Work changes. A coalition of unions, medical specialists and lawyers will address the media following the Treasurer’s appearance.

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Morrison’s regional snub leaves country workers out in the cold

21/07/2021

The growing COVID-19 outbreak in South Australia is further highlighting the Morrison Government’s failure to look after Australian workers throughout the pandemic.

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“Back to struggle street” report highlights handbrake on South Australians escaping poverty

20/07/2021

A new report from the Anti-Poverty Network of SA has shown how the federal government’s cuts to JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and Parenting Payments are keeping South Australians in poverty, particularly the $50 a week cut to payments on April 1.

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