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Chalmers rebuts Trade Union calls for four-day work week

Union push for four-day work week shot down by PM, Chalmers

A union-led call for Australia to adopt a four-day work week has been shot down by both the Prime Minister and Treasurer before it could even be discussed at next week’s productivity roundtable.

What the PM thinks about a four day work week - ABC listen

Are you keen for a four-day work week to become the new normal? That’s the pitch from the Australian Council of Trade Unions, who want it firmly on the table at next week’s National Economic Reform Roundtable. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister and the Treasurer are at pains to stress they’re perfectly aligned on the summit’s goals - but are they really seeing eye to eye? Patricia Karvelas and Raf Epstein break it all down on Politics Now. Got a b

‘No plans’: PM, Chalmers dismiss ACTU call for four-day week

Business groups have rounded on the ACTU for proposing workplace relations changes to the economic roundtable, despite being told the policy area was off limits.

Australia news as it happened: Albanese, Chalmers reject union push for four-day work week; Hamas welcomes Albanese’s Palestine state call, Trump declines to criticise PM

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‘Burnt out’: Big push for four-day week

A nationwide push for a four-day work week is gaining steam as unions and the Greens team up to demand shorter hours with no loss of pay.