All the changes coming on July 1, 2024
The start of the new financial year is just around the corner, and as always there are a raft of…
2.6 million minimum and award wage earners set for July 1 pay boost
The pay packets of 2.6 million workers are in line for a boost on July 1, with the workplace umpire…
Paul Fletcher slams right to disconnect laws on Q&A
A senior MP has slammed the federal government’s new “right to disconnect” laws and accused ACTU secretary Sally McManus of…
ACTU backs 5pc pay hike for minimum wage earners
The ACTU will push for a pay hike of 5 per cent in the upcoming annual wage review, arguing that…
Interest rates, inflation: Reserve Bank keeps interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent
A pivot from the Reserve Bank to scrap an explicit warning about further interest rate rises has the peak union…
Full-time jobs, good salaries, struggling to get by – the rise of the ‘working poor’
Working a full-time job and earning a decent income are no longer safeguards against experiencing severe forms of financial distress,…
Industrial relations: Labor gets support from David Pocock, Jacqui Lambie, Greens to split Bill
Unions have heralded an 11th-hour deal that was struck to pass the government’s signature industrial relations laws before parliament rises…