Latest bailout News

Liberals’ ferry parking bill approaches $2 million per month as Spirit V arrives in Geelong 02 May 2026
Spirit V reaches Australian waters, Liberal waste not finished yet 23 April 2026
Glencore Threatening Not to Pay Workers
Glencore Copper Refinery Workers Strike in a Bid to Save Local Jobs
AWU Members at Townsville Glencore Refinery to Take Protected Action in Fight for Better Wages and Conditions
Labor’s Christmas Eve bailout for Greater Western Water revealed
Victorian Building Insolvency Victims Failed By Labor
Allan Labor Government’s billion-dollar WorkSafe failures
Museums Victoria Bailed Out… Again
Tomago aluminium bailout should come with a public stake, Greens say
Why is Rockliff still hiding the Marinus business case? 17 July 2025
Budget tests for Premier Rockliff and Treasurer Barnett 29 May 2025
Statement From Minister Butler – Healthscope
Tourism industry paying the price for Rockliff’s incompetence 20 May 2025
Spirits fiasco sailing towards bailout payment 26 March 2025
Update on TT-Line’s financial review in the public interest 14 January 2025
Disgraceful mothballing of Spirit in Scotland 04 December 2024
Spirits Fiasco deepens with bailout on the horizon 03 December 2024
Tasmanians still in the dark on Scottish port costs 05 November 2024
Labor Forced To Bail Out Cash-strapped Hospitals
Liberals continue attempts to hide the truth on Spirits 07 August 2024
Rockliff betrays Tasmanian tourism operators on Spirits 01 August 2024
Third secret Spirits bailout payment revealed 05 July 2024
Rockliff and Abetz caught misleading Parliament about scandal-plagued Spirit upgrades 26 June 2024
Rockliff fails to guarantee Tasmanians aren’t funding Finnish naval build 11 June 2024
Ferguson admits he knew about Spirit bailout before election 23 May 2024
Albanese’s North East Link bailout a vote of no confidence in Rail Loop
Victorians to pay for Labor’s mismanagement of public insurer
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts bailout the last, say Ministers
Liberals prepare for massive bailout as Marinus deal delayed again 29 February 2024
Liberals energy policy debacle costs Tasmania another major investor 16 August 2023
Liberals must fix energy debacle they created 11 August 2023
Premier seeking Marinus bailout 09 August 2023
Business community misses out on Government bailout
Labor cannot be trusted to deliver housing to Victorian families
Lessons of CARES Act outlined
Privately-run border quarantine would put New Zealanders at risk
Virgin collapse may signal start of new era for aviation industry – and it’s not all doom and gloom
Virgin Australia pilots’ union calls on Morrison Government to step in and save airline from
TWU calls for cap on airline executive pay, as Qantas seeks $4.2bn bailout
Wage subsidy must include gig workers, casuals & owner drivers: TWU
McCORMACK’S ASSISTANCE PACKAGE WON’T SAVE REGIONAL AIRLINES OR HELP WORKERS: TWU
TWU calls for Qantas to be nationalised as liquidity announcement fails to mention Worker
Greens call for urgent nation-wide extension of workers compensation benefits to cover COVID-19
Overwhelming support for Government ownership of bailed-out companies: poll
Statement from ACTU President Michele O’Neil on Qantas
Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus on Qantas
Airline bailout must ensure fair deal for workers and taxpayers, say Greens