{"id":68931,"date":"2025-09-17T12:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/?p=68931"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T03:42:09","slug":"productivity-commission-5-pillars-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/submission\/productivity-commission-5-pillars-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION: 5 PILLARS INQUIRY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"68931\" class=\"elementor elementor-68931\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad0a35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fad0a35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca37c7 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ca37c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Draft-UWU-submission-on-5-pillars-of-productivity-reform-inquiry71.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-68934\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/productivity-sub-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a3567f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a3567f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c75786 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c75786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>UWU&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Draft-UWU-submission-on-5-pillars-of-productivity-reform-inquiry71.pdf\"> submission to the Productivity Commission: 5 Pillars Inquiry<\/a> calls for:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Productivity gains to be shared with workers through better wages, conditions, and leisure time.<\/li><li>Reforms to improve the tax system by closing loopholes that currently allow corporations to avoid paying their fair share.<\/li><li>Direct investment in paid, accessible workplace training.<\/li><li>Regulation to ensure workers are included in and consulted on the development and deployment of new technologies, including AI.<\/li><li>Care sector reforms that prioritise people &#8211; placing the needs of older Australians, people with disabilities, children, and the workers who support them above provider convenience or cost-cutting.<\/li><\/ul><p>If you want to learn more about the detail, we\u2019ve provided the entire submission as a download.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380601e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"380601e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a275fff elementor-align-center e-transform e-transform sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a275fff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.3000000000000000444089209850062616169452667236328125,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.3000000000000000444089209850062616169452667236328125,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_widescreen&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_widescreen&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Draft-UWU-submission-on-5-pillars-of-productivity-reform-inquiry71.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">DOWNLOAD PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UWU&#8217;s submission to the Productivity Commission: 5 Pillars Inquiry advocates for a worker-centred future for Australia, with particular emphasis on the care and education sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":68979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[200],"class_list":["post-68931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-submission","tag-submission"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68931"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70344,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68931\/revisions\/70344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}