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Share your messages of support with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
On Saturday 14 October, Australia will have the opportunity to vote in a once-in-a-generation referendum. The question is a simple one and proposes a modest change to our constitution – to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the practical form of a Voice to Parliament.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2023/09/26/its-time-to-listen-by-saying-yes/
“Because there is such ignorance in the broader Australian community about Indigenous people and our communities and our cultures, it constantly falls on Indigenous people to make up the gaps and fill in the blanks,” Young says.
In a huge backtrack on earlier promises, the Morrison Government has renewed the racially discriminatory Community Development Program until July 2024.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/04/01/morrison-extends-racist-job-program-until-2024/
Have you ever heard of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination? If not, that’s exactly as the Liberal Government intended.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/03/21/why-harmony-day-is-another-morrison-cop-out/
National Close the Gap Day this week marked fourteen years since Close the Gap targets were first announced.
It was a time for Australians everywhere to recommit to the aims of the campaign, because the Morrison Government has continued to fail when it comes to closing the gap.
Want to help make reconciliation a reality in the workplace? Here are some actions to get you started.
Australian Unions is proud to offer a limited run of the print ‘There is Strength in Numbers’ by Lara Watson, with proceeds going to the First Nation Worker’s Alliance.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/05/21/there-is-strength-in-numbers/
How would you feel if your boss opened your wallet, took cash out, and kept it for themselves – and got away with it? That's exactly what is happening right now in super accounts all across Australia.
Big banks and insurers have priced gouged their way to a 46% profit increase since 2021 – driving up inflation, all at the expense of everyday Australians.
