Steve Murphy ✊

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

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

Which one of these is a better outcome for workers, our industries, our environment and our economy?

#election #Auspol2025 #DontRiskDutton #ClimateAction

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

@AlboMP commits to $500 million to fill our engineering and fabrication workplaces with Australian made steel.

@PeterDutton_MP has pledged $500 million so that bosses can claim their work lunches as a tax rebate.

Compare the pair.

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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
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We now have a clearer pathway to green steel and a strong future for our communities https://t.co/Oy4aZQWfAx

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

@OskaArcher @theamwu Gday Oscar,
The manufacturing industry is the highest user of energy in Australia.

Electricity from nuclear will cost between 2-10 times more.

The Dutton proposal is based on a 40% reduction in electricity usage by 2050.

Nuclear is a plan for our local industry closing.

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

☢️
Radioactive 💩

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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 ? https://t.co/0vfVwLgLaH

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

What is Dutton’s nuclear plan:

Higher prices
Less local industry
Lower household income

This is a dangerous plan that hurts workers.

#nuclear #auspol2024
https://t.co/oS7RfbmsH1

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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?

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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

https://t.co/mAj8E4OrfP

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

BREAKING NEWS:

Federal Government uses public money to fund publicly owned TAFE.

Imagine that.

#skills #apprenticeships #feefreetafe

[Sussan Ley @sussanley]

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.

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

@senbmckenzie People in glass houses…

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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.

https://t.co/zAFfNM8Wt9

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

@theamwu members who proudly built and defend @Qantas’ safety record are taking industrial action this week

Highly-skilled workers get pay freezes while the managers get bonuses

Qantas are putting bandaids over gaping wounds

#Auspol2024 #union #CostOfLivingCrisis

[Patricia Karvelas @PatsKarvelas]

Disembarking a qantas flight because they say outsourcing and lack of resources means they can’t deal with the problem. They aren’t being discreet.

[Jim Stanford @JimboStanford]

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. https://t.co/paOmAcKUNw It just needs an industry plan.