- Building a fairer and more sustainable tax system, that is progressive and promotes participation and productivity improvements.
- Increasing job and income security by delivering better jobs with good wages and conditions through collective bargaining and fairer industrial laws.
- Planning for an ageing population, lifting the Superannuation Guarantee to 12% and ensuring more of workers’ savings end up in their post-retirement incomes.
- Acting on climate change to ensure Australia fully participates in and benefits from the global low-carbon economy and that working families are supported during the transition.
- Rebuilding the infrastructure of flood affected cities and regions and investing in new infrastructure to expand economic capacity and meet social needs.
- Improving investment in education, skills and training, including apprenticeships, to establish a workforce that is suited to the future demands of Australia’s economic growth.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
ACTU: Budget submission
In the ACTU Budget submission, Facing the Future, unions have identified a number of priority areas that can be addressed by the Federal Government. They include:
