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Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve

AMWU National Secretary. I'm on the side of workers.

Joined May 2010
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If multi-billionaire Clive Palmer can afford to interfere in the election by spending: • $4,200,000 on YouTube ads and • $5,400,000 on free to air ads it’s a reasonable conclusion that he can afford to pay more tax. #auspol #ElectionIntegrity #Election2025 #TaxBillionaires
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We cannot let the chaos around US trade policy destroy investment pipelines to secure Australia iron, steel & aluminium jobs We have projects underway right now where Australian steel & aluminium can be used If we don’t make it here, now is the time to be asking why not #auspol
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Which one of these is a better outcome for workers, our industries, our environment and our economy? #election #Auspol2025 #DontRiskDutton #ClimateAction
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Good Labor government should have workers’ backs - thanks @AlboMP Workers aren't wondering how long they've got, but instead how bright their futures can be  We now have a clearer pathway to green steel and a strong future for our communities abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/w…

PM says Whyalla's $2.4 billion package will ensure 'your kids will have a job'

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tells Whyalla steelworkers a $2.4 billion support package is an investment in a city whose "arteries spread out right around the country".

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Our PM @AlboMP has committed $2.4billion to save blue collar jobs at #Whyalla Steel This isn’t about bailing out a business, it’s about securing workers’ future Good Labor governments should have workers’ backs We can now think about the future, and not worry about the past
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Peter Dutton’s nuclear proposal is based upon a 40% reduction in electricity consumption by 2050. 40% less consumption is the same as unplugging both Victoria & WA from electricity. The maths don’t add up. The report is nonsense. Nuclear: Too late Too expensive Too dangerous
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☢️ Radioactive 💩
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It’s astounding how quickly those who attain privilege, position and power turn on the workers. Workers have a right to withdraw their labour and to demand a fairer deal. ⁦ Wtf ⁦@ChrisMinnsMP⁩ ⁦@johaylen⁩ ? smh.com.au/politics/nsw/sydn…

Sydney trains industrial action as it happened: NSW government to lodge bid to stop RTBU action;...

The RTBU has won the right to resume industrial action across Sydney’s train network. Follow here for live updates.

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What is Dutton’s nuclear plan: Higher prices Less local industry Lower household income This is a dangerous plan that hurts workers. #nuclear #auspol2024 theguardian.com/australia-ne…

The Coalition’s nuclear energy plan takes a sharp turn away from a cheaper, cleaner future | Simon...

After 22 failed energy policies, the Coalition is being guided by a roadmap to higher bills and higher emissions

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The CSIRO has found the cost of electricity generated from nuclear reactors by 2040 would be about $145-$238 per MWh Solar is $22-$53 Wind is $45-$78 Nuclear power would make electricity between 2 & 10 times more expensive Who pays for that?
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The Dutton nuclear announcement is a disaster It models data for less electricity usage across the economy Modernising & growing our industries means electricity usage must go up This is a plan for Australia’s manufacturing industries to be closed down #Auspol2024 #nuclear
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Simple mathematics $331 billion for 7 nuclear power plants = $47.3 billion for each one This will drive up our power bills It will destroy our local industries It will deny workers in our energy regions a secure future This is a dangerous distraction abc.net.au/news/2024-12-13/p…

Cunning showmanship on display as Coalition releases nuclear costs

In a world of comparing apples and oranges, the Coalition's claim that its nuclear plan would be hundreds of billions cheaper than Labor's looks to have come from comparing apples and elephants. 

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BREAKING NEWS: Federal Government uses public money to fund publicly owned TAFE. Imagine that. #skills #apprenticeships #feefreetafe
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TAFE is not all vocational education and training. TAFE is just the state government run public training provider. Labor’s approach to skills is akin to only funding state run public schools and refusing to fund non-government schools. We should not accept that.
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I’ve boarded the @Qantas plane to Karratha to visit @theamwu members in WA. But there’s a water leak. The Qantas engineer has grounded the plane. Our members make sure every single plane is safe to fly. No more delays - it’s time for fair pay. #safety #qantas
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The evil, selfish & greedy ideology of the H.R Nichols Society is being resurrected by the Liberal Party. The silver-spooners claimed birth right - to rule over the rest of us - is leaking back into politics. Strong #unions are their greatest fear. theaustralian.com.au/nation/…
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Steve Murphy ✊ retweeted
Jim Stanford@JimboStanford
15 Oct 2024
New research from @CntrFutureWork shows Australia COULD manufacture wind towers, turbines, and equipment: creating thousands of jobs, supporting a domestic green steel industry, and avoiding emissions from imported towers. futurework.org.au/report/an-… It just needs an industry plan.

Steve Murphy ✊@Murphy_Steve
15 Oct 2024
The Golden plains project was supplied by @Vestas Not one single tower was made in Australia. Zero. Blade edges are already breaking off & falling apart. Irony -this project is to provide electricity to @snowyhydro - which built a generation of skills & skilled migration.
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Productivity is output per worker per hour worked. Productivity is improved through workers' skills, technology change & management practices. Eroding workers rights & protections is about ideology & profit, not productivity. #auspol #unions theaustralian.com.au/comment…
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Housing. It’s so we can create a home. A sanctuary. A safe place to sleep, to grow and to live. To raise children & build happy memories. Not for profit. Not for wealth. Not only for the rich. #Auspol2024 #HousingCrisis #NegativeGearing #memories
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Workers through their unions win the industrial, economic, political & public debates. Though we can’t always win the headline The media have an agenda to silence our voices. They want you to believe that democracy doesn’t work Join your union & show that it does✊ #union
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Landlords exploit tenants to accumulate wealth. Jacking up rents beyond their true value is a form of economic exploitation. Blatant profiteering in a cost of living crisis. How does this happen? Landlords have ‘power’, tenants have none. #HousingCrisis #auspol24
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