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ACTU secretary Sally McManus.

Unions seek 5 per cent pay boost for lowest-paid workers

The ACTU has warned it may lift its claim higher, as global conflict and energy price volatility continue to drive up inflation.

  • Annika Smethurst

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ACTU secretary Sally McManus says increasing annual leave will help make up for decades of shortfalls in real wage growth.

Unions demand Albanese hand every worker 25 per cent more holidays

An extra week of paid annual leave to compensate for unpaid overtime would be the first increase to the entitlement since the 1970s.

  • Millie Muroi
Labor Party doyen says the tax system actively hurts young people.

A ‘terrible’ system for young people: Tax reform architect pleads for real reform

Bill Kelty was instrumental to the tax reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. He says old people like himself don’t need more out of the tax system.

  • Shane Wright
The commission’s 458-page final report pins the productivity fall on the growing regulatory burden across land use, building and labour, along with “increasingly interventionist procurement policies”.

LNP to retain character zoning to protect ‘Queenslander’ homes

The state government has rejected productivity commission calls to scrap character zoning in a bid to boost construction.

  • Matt Dennien
QCU leader Jacqueline King.

How the CFMEU turned a workplace safety regulator into a ‘captured pawn’

A senior Queensland union leader has outlined how the CFMEU sought to influence state laws, and her safety fears for a fellow unionist.

  • Matt Dennien
LNG leaves Gladstone Harbour in Queensland. The ACTU believes the federal government should slap LNG exports with a 25 per cent levy.

‘For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle

The federal government this week overhauled its superannuation tax reforms. Now the union movement says it should radically overhaul taxes on gas exports.

  • Shane Wright
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Employees covered under EBAs are lucky enough to get a guaranteed annual wage increase. Just don’t call it a ‘pay rise’.

Another great Australian dream goes by the wayside

We’re still a long, long way from enjoying the 15-hour working week predicted in the 1930s.

  • Victoria Devine
CBA chief Maat Comyn, Business Council of Australia chief Bran Black, productivity commissioner Danielle Wood and ACTU secretary Sally McManus will all attend Jim Chalmers’ roundtable.

Australians want Albanese to act now to fix the economy – but want one tax left alone

The prime minister vows not to spring new tax reform ideas on voters, but Jim Chalmers insists there are opportunities for quick fixes – and many Australians don’t want to wait.

  • Shane Wright and Paul Sakkal
President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Michele O’Neil.

‘Populist thought bubble’: Union movement to push for four-day week despite criticism

ACTU president Michele O’Neil will cite academic research that argues businesses can achieve greater levels of productivity if the policy is implemented.

  • Olivia Ireland and Kayla Olaya
HVAC association spokesman Mimmo Scavera, former director Sergio Gonzalez and director Darren Beecroft.

The rogues’ gallery behind Labor’s flagship ‘top’ deal for workers

The first multi-employer bargaining agreement is riddled with business owners facing claims of multimillion-dollar tax debts and offensive social media posts.

  • Eryk Bagshaw