Media Releases
Read the latest media releases from Richard Marles MP.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE MASKS MORE BAD NEWS FOR OUT-OF-WORK AUSTRALIANS
RICHARD MARLES MP JIM CHALMERS MP UNEMPLOYMENT RATE MASKS MORE BAD NEWS FOR OUT-OF-WORK AUSTRALIANS As protracted lockdowns which are the direct result of the Morrison-Joyce Government’s failures continue across large parts of the country,... continue readingSMALL BUSINESSES FACING THE BRUNT OF THE PANDEMIC
RICHARD MARLES MP MATT KEOGH MP SMALL BUSINESSES FACING THE BRUNT OF THE PANDEMIC ABS data released today reveals more than 270,000 small businesses have dropped out of the market in the last financial year,... continue reading
LIBERALS LOCK-IN FLATLINING WAGES
RICHARD MARLES MP TONY BURKE MP JIM CHALMERS MP LIBERALS LOCK-IN FLATLINING WAGES Today’s new ABS data confirms real wages have fallen 2.1 per cent over the last year – the biggest fall in real... continue readingMORRISON PATTING HIMSELF ON THE BACK WHILST FAILING ON JABS
RICHARD MARLES MP JIM CHALMERS MP While we welcome a fall in unemployment, today’s ABS Labour Force figures reveal more Australians are looking for more work this month than there were last month, with more... continue readingSTILL NO CERTAINTY FOR LOCKED DOWN SYDNEY
RICHARD MARLES MP TONY BURKE MP JIM CHALMERS MP MATT KEOGH MP Despite spending $500 million a week Scott Morrison cannot guarantee Australians hurting from this lockdown will keep their job. Having abandoned millions of... continue reading
SMALL BUSINESS PAYING THE PRICE FOR MORRISON’S VACCINE BUNGLE
RICHARD MARLES MP MATT KEOGH MP There are more than 575,000 small businesses across Greater Sydney and surrounding local government areas which are staring down economic uncertainty as a result of the latest lockdown... continue readingSTILL A LONG WAY TO GO IN THE RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
RICHARD MARLES MP JIM CHALMERS MP Today’s Labour Workforce figures highlight the volatility of Australia’s recovery from the COVID pandemic and why a competent quarantine and vaccine rollout is critical to guaranteeing a strong economy.... continue reading
LABOR’S NEW ENERGY APPRENTICESHIPS TO SUPPORT TRADIES IN THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE
ANTHONY ALBANESE MP RICHARD MARLES MP CHRIS BOWEN MP The world’s climate emergency should be Australia’s jobs opportunity. But after eight long years of energy policy chaos under the Liberals – it’s an opportunity missed.... continue readingANOTHER JOBSHAMBLES
RICHARD MARLES MP | JIM CHALMERS MP Having stuffed up the vaccine rollout, mucked up hotel quarantine, mixed up the cost of JobKeeper by an eyewatering $60 billion, and fluffed up the COVIDSafe app, Scott... continue readingWE NEED A PLAN FOR JOBS NOT JUST A TALKING TREASURER
Today’s talk from Josh Frydenberg about getting Australia’s unemployment figure down means little without an actual plan to get more Australians into secure jobs. Australians have shown remarkable resilience during what has been an incredibly... continue readingUNCERTAINTY REMAINS AROUND IMPACT OF CUTTING JOBKEEPER AND VACCINE ROLLOUT DISASTER
RICHARD MARLES MP | JIM CHALMERS MP Labor welcomes the jobs numbers today - as we have been saying, more people in jobs is a good thing. But there are still close to two million... continue readingLABOR’S PLAN FOR A NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION FUND CREATING JOBS AND DRIVING INVESTMENT
ANTHONY ALBANESE MP - LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY RICHARD MARLES MP - DEPUTY LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY An Albanese Labor Government will establish a National Reconstruction Fund, to create secure jobs... continue readingTHE ONLY PEOPLE GUARANTEED JOB SECURITY IN AUSTRALIA ARE IN SCOTT MORRISON’S CABINET
The appointment of scandal prone Stuart Robert as Employment Minister means the only people guaranteed job security in Australia are in Scott Morrison’s cabinet. Fresh from hounding thousands of Australians over the unlawful Robodebt debacle,... continue readingSCOTT MORRISON’S PLAN FOR SMES IS TO SADDLE THEM WITH MORE DEBT
RICHARD MARLES MP | JIM CHALMERS MP The Morrison Government’s third attempt at its SME loan scheme falls completely short of what struggling small businesses need in order to recover from the recession. Morrison is... continue readingSCOTT MORRISON LEAVES BUSINESSES WITHOUT CERTAINTY, STILL NO PLAN FOR JOBS
We are still no closer to knowing what the Morrison Government’s plan is for jobs when it cuts JobKeeper at the end of this month. When JobKeeper ends in a few weeks time, small and... continue readingHOTLINE STING: BIZARRE PHONELINE IS GOVERNMENT’S ONLY ANSWER TO JOBS CRISIS
Nothing we heard from the Employment Minister today offers any confidence to anyone looking for a job that this government is on their side. If the best that the Morrison Government can come up with... continue readingWAGES GROWTH STILL AT RECORD LOWS
RICHARD MARLES MP | JIM CHALMERS MP | TONY BURKE MP New ABS data released today has confirmed that annual wages growth remains at record lows, following years of wage stagnation under the Liberals long... continue readingMORE JOBS FOR LIBERAL MATES: CENSURED FORMER MP SELECTED FOR SMALL BUSINESS OMBUDSMAN
RICHARD MARLES MP | SENATOR KRISTINA KENEALLY | MATT KEOGH MP Another day, another taxpayer-funded job for a Liberal mate. This time, the Morrison Government is reportedly tapping former Liberal Minister Bruce Billson to be... continue readingJOBMAKER OR JOBTAKER?
RICHARD MARLES MP | JIM CHALMERS MP | TONY BURKE MP Instead of supporting secure jobs with fair pay and conditions, the Morrison Government’s much-hyped hiring credit scheme could be a JobTaker not a JobMaker. New... continue reading