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- Occupational Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation Report to ACTU Congress 2015: Speech by ACTU Assistant Secretary Michael Borowick
- Launch of the Building a Better Future campaign speech by ACTU President Ged Kearney, Melbourne
- Opening address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the ACTU Congress 2015, Melbourne
- Opening address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to the ACTU Congress 2015, Melbourne
- The State of the Unions Address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the National Press Club
- Dave Oliver address to the Australian Industry Group PIR Conference
- Address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to the National Press Club, Tuesday, 17 March 2015
- Industry Training In Australia: The Need For Change
- Presidential Address, Simon Crean A.C.T.U. Congress, 1989
- Martin Ferguson's Speech At Launch Of Campaign For Batman
- Review of the Living Wage Case - Speech to the Economic Society of Australia
- Jennie George's Speech To The Australian Hotels Association
- Jennie George's Speech At The Light On The Hill Memorial Dinner
- Speech To The Brisbane Institute
- Greg Combet's National Press Club Speech
- Sharan Burrow's National Press Club Speech
- Greg Combets Speech On The Launch Of Future Strategies
- Greg Combet's Speech To Future Of Work Conference
- Greg Combet's Speech To ACTU Superannuation Seminar
- Greg Combet's Speech To ACTU Congress 2003
- Simon Crean's Speech To ACTU Congress
- ICFTU Secretary Guy Ryder's Speech To ACTU Congress
- Julius Roe's Opening Speech To The AMWU National Conference Sydney 2004
- ACTU Secretary Greg Combet's National Press Club Speech
- Speech To The National Press Club - Greg Combet, ACTU Secretary
- ACTU President Sharan Burrow's Speech On The WorkChoices Legislation
- Speech To The House Of Representatives On Workplace Relations
- Sharan Burrow: Disability and the Unions
- Jarrod Moran speech to 12th National Workers’ Compensation Summit 2011
- Jeff Lawrence address to ALP National Conference, Sydney, Friday, 2 December 2011
- Ged Kearney address to ALP National Conference in Sydney, Sunday, 4 December 2011
- Tim Lyons Paper to the 21st Labour Law Conference, Workplace Research Centre & Law School, Sydney University, 22 July 2013
- Dave Oliver: Bashing workers is no solution
- Ged Kearney address to the National Press Club, 7 August 2013
- Ged Kearney speech to ‘White Cane Chain’ rally, Melbourne, 15 September 2013
- Address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the 2013 ACTU Superannuation Trustees Forum
- Address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to Australian Unions Organising Conference, Melbourne, 26 February 2014
- Dave Oliver opening address to the Australian Unions Organising Conference, Melbourne, 26 February 2014
- Tim Lyons closing address to the Australian Unions Organising Conference, Melbourne, 28 February 2014
- Speech by ACTU President Ged Kearney to Canberra May Day March, 3 May 2014
- Address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to the ACTU Indigenous Conference, Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- Address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the LabourStart Global Solidary Conference
- Gerardine (Ged) Kearney, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions, address to ILC 2014 plenary
- Speech by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to Wheeler Centre Points of View: Tom Roberts’ ‘Shearing the rams’, 1890
- ACTU Assistant Secretary, Tim Lyons speech for the 2014 Economic and Social Outlook Conference
- Ged Kearney address to the National Small Business Summit, 7 August 2014
- Ged Kearney address to the ACTU National Women’s Conference, 21 August 2014, Melbourne
- Ged Kearney address to the 2014 ALERA National Conference, 29 August 2014, Gold Coast
- The Future of Manufacturing: Dave Oliver speech to Ideas & Society forum, Latrobe University, 3 September 2014
- Crippling unions: Tim Lyons address to Chifley Research Centre, 29 October 2014
- Dave Oliver address to Migration Institute of Australia, Canberra, 30 October 2014
- Opening address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to 2014 L20 Summit, Thursday, 13 November 2014, Brisbane
- ‘The priorities of the Australian G20 Presidency’: ACTU President Ged Kearney address to Session II of the 2014 L20 Summit
- Tipping the scales for work-life balance
- Jeff Lawrence speech to National Press Club: Australian Unions – Working for a better life
- Jeff Lawrence: Backing battlers
- Geoff Fary: Safe Work Australia – Workers Compensations Forum
- Sharan Burrow: ACTU Organising Conference speech
- Jeff Lawrence: ACTU Organising Conference speech
- Ged Kearney: ACTU Organising Conference speech
- Sharan Burrow: The Future of Capitalism
- Sharan Burrow: Address to ILO Cyclical Review 2010
- Sharan Burrow: Paid parental leave is an historic achievement and a lasting legacy
- Sharan Burrow: Opening speech to ITUC 2nd World Congress
- Sharan Burrow: Acceptance speech to ITUC Congress
- PM Julia Gillard: speech to Sharan Burrow farewell dinner
- Sharan Burrow: Speech to farewell dinner
- Ged Kearney: speech to AMWU National Conference
- Ged Kearney: launch of 2010 Australian Work and Life Index
- Ged Kearney: Don't buy Abbott's conversion on WorkChoices
- Ged Kearney: Collaborative Industrial Relations: Australia’s Future or Another Pipe Dream
- Ged Kearney: WA is not an island
- Ged Kearney address to National Press Club: A vision for the Australian union movement
- Ged Kearney address to Industrial Relations Society of Victoria Annual Convention
- Ged Kearney opinion piece: An independent union voice
- Ged Kearney address to Ai Group National Forum
- Ged Kearney address to 9th Annual Workforce Conference
- Ross Gittins address to ACTU Whitlam Lecture
- Jeff Lawrence address to AWU National Conference 2011
- Opening Statement by ACTU President Ged Kearney House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into the Flood Levy Bills
- Jeff Lawrence opening address to ACTU Indigenous Conference
- Ged Kearney speech to SA Organising Conference
- Ged Kearney address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia
- Tim Lyons opinion piece: Super funds must live up to values on remuneration
- Ged Kearney address to ACOSS National Conference
- Ged Kearney address to Global Employment Relations Forum
- Ged Kearney address to ACTU OHS and Workers’ Compensation Conference 2011
- Jeff Lawrence address to Australian Mines and Minerals Association 2011 National Conference
- Speech by Jeff Lawrence to Rights at Work rally, NSW Parliament House, 15 June 2011
- Investing in a fairer nation: Address by Jeff Lawrence to the ACTU Investment Forum, 17 June 2011
- Jeff Lawrence opinion piece: The Liberals just don't get it
- Jeff Lawrence address to Growth Challenge: 2011 Economic and Social Outlook Conference
- Ged Kearney address to Transforming Australia conference
- Ged Kearney address to Biennial Conference of the NZCTU
- Ged Kearney address to National Press Club: Voices from Working Australia
- Ged Kearney address at launch of Secure Jobs. Better Future campaign
- Ged Kearney address to Future Jobs Forum
- Tim Lyons speech to Industrial Relations Society of Victoria
- Ged Kearney opinion piece: If a union did this, all hell would break loose
- Jeff Lawrence address to Committee for Economic Development of Australia
- Jeff Lawrence opinion piece: Fair Work Act review needs to be based on evidence
- Ged Kearney address to CEDA Economic and Political Overview
- Jeff Lawrence speech to Justice Geoffrey Giudice farewell dinner
- Ged Kearney 2012 International Women's Day Address
- Brian Howe address to the National Press Club
- Ged Kearney opening address to ACTU Congress 2012
- Jeff Lawrence opening address to ACTU Congress 2012
- Dave Oliver address to ACTU Congress 2012
- PM Julia Gillard address to ACTU Congress 2012
- Ged Kearney address to ACTU Congress 2012 on Secure Jobs. Better Future
- Brian Howe address to ACTU Congress 2012
- Dave Oliver address to ACTU Congress 2012 on union governance
- Paul Keating addresss to ACTU Congress 2012 dinner on Bill Kelty
- Bill Kelty address to ACTU Congress 2012 dinner
- Bill Shorten address to ACTU Congress 2012
- Dave Oliver closing address to ACTU Congress 2012
- Dave Oliver op ed: Hastie case puts the spotlight on corporate behaviour
- Dave Oliver address to ACTU Investment Forum 2012
- Ged Kearney address to Melbourne Press Club
- Ged Kearney address to Fair Work Australia
- Michael Borowick address to ACTU-Cancer Council Asbestos Summit 2012
- Ged Kearney address to United Mineworkers Federation Memorial Day 2012
- Ged Kearney address to the Future of Work conference 2012
- Unpaid hours should not be the Aussie way
- Go Home On Time Day: Address to the National Press Club, 21 November 2012
- Tim Lyons address to The Challenge of Workplace Productivity Symposium, 29 November 2012
- Willox must live on a different planet
- Dave Oliver address to the National Press Club, 6 February 2013
- Ged Kearney speech at the launch of the Fair Work Ombudsman Report on Internships, Work Experience and Unpaid Work , 28 February 2013
- Ged Kearney address to National Community Summit, 13 March 2013, Canberra
- Ged Kearney address to the 8th Asian Regional Congress of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association
- Ged Kearney address to the Victorian ALP State Conference, 21 April 2013
- Ged Kearney: Why do we stand for sweatshop labour?
- Tim Lyons address to the ALP National Policy Forum, 4 May 2013
- Dave Oliver address to the Australian Industry Group, 6 May 2013
- Ged Kearney address to ‘The Accord 30 Years On’ symposium, 31 May 2013
- Dave Oliver: A race to the bottom on wages and conditions is a dead-end strategy for the auto industry
- Dave Oliver address to CEDA 'State of the Nation' conference, 24 June 2013
- Greg Combet: Industrial Relations, Employee Rights and the Economy
- Greg Combet: Industrial Relations: Give Workers a Genuine Choice
- Sharan Burrow: The WorkChoices Legislation
- Greg Combet: Real Economic Challenges and the WorkChoices Legislation
- Greg Combet: Address to the National Day of Community Protest
- Sharan Burrow: Remember This Day
- Greg Combet: The Human Cost of the Howard Government's IR Laws
- Sharan Burrow: Interest rate rise will hit working families hard
- Greg Combet: A Fairer Balance Between Industrial Relations and the Economy
- Greg Combet Unveils Collective Bargaining Blueprint - ABC TV Lateline
- Greg Combet: All Have a Right to a Fair Deal
- ACTU Congress 2006 - IR policy for the next stage of the campaign for workers' rights
- Greg Combet: A New Australian Consensus for the 21st Century
- Speeches and opinion
- Greg Combet: Your Rights at Work Worth Voting For
- Sharan Burrow: Your Rights Your Future
- Jeff Lawrence: Address to ACTU Conference
- Sharan Burrow: Address to the AiGroup
- Jeff Lawrence: Building a fairer Australia - the role of unions and workers’ rights
- Jeff Lawrence: Boosting Labour Supply
- Jeff Lawrence: Negotiating Fairest Way
- Sharan Burrow: Shared Equity - Its Role in Meeting the Housing Affordability Challenge
- Sharan Burrow speech: Exploring Key Issues Affecting Women in the Workplace
- Your rights at Telstra resources
- Jeff Lawrence: Rights hammered
- Sharan Burrow: Senators should stand tall on IR
- Sharan Burrow: Give Fair Work real power
- Sharan Burrow: Living and working - shaping Australia for the years to come
- Sharan Burrow on paid parental leave
- Sharan Burrow: Financial Review speech
- Jeff Lawrence: Turning the tide on workers’ rights
- Jeff Lawrence: An NBN that serves the national interest
- Sharan Burrow: Paid Maternity Leave – a vital economic measure in 2009 budget
- Sharan Burrow: New IR Laws - Good for workers and good for business
- Sharan Burrow: 6Oth anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights
- Sharan Burrow: Combating global warming is a shared task
- Sharan Burrow: Look at re-skilling, not redundancy
- Sharan Burrow: A city of two tales
- Jeff Lawrence: Speech to the Australian Workers’ Union National Conference
- Sharan Burrow: Green Jobs and Green Skills
- Jeff Lawrence: Moving Forward: labour rights and the Fair Work Bill
- Sharan Burrow: High rollers can't shake addiction to casino capitalism
- Sharan Burrow: Women's contribution to work valued at last
- Jeff Lawrence: Unions step up plans for workers' safety
- Sharan Burrow: Unions: Delivering for all Working Australians
- Jeff Lawrence: The Union Agenda for Working Australians
- Alison Tate: ILO Conference 2009 speech on climate change
- Jeff Lawrence: Equality before the law is the heart of the matter
- Sharan Burrow: International Labor Organisation Summit speech on Global Jobs Crisis
- Sharan Burrow: Australian businesses can clean up in the energy revolution
- Sharan Burrow: Employees enter a new era of rights
- Sharan Burrow: Fair Work Australia (FWA) Inaugural Session
- Sharan Burrow: Pathways to recovery: securing the jobs and incomes of working Australians
- Jeff Lawrence: Employers should be honest about what they really want
- Sharan Burrow: Executive pay rises add insult to injury
- Jeff Lawrence: Celebrating 25 years of Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA
- Jeff Lawrence: Company tax should not be cut
- Sharan Burrow: G20 must continue stimulus and corporate reforms
- Jeff Lawrence: How the new IR system is shaping up for employers and unions
- Jeff Lawrence: Less than best is not acceptable when it comes to workplace health and safety
- Sharan Burrow: Don’t deal with Burma
- Sharan Burrow: Address to the 60th Anniversary of the German Confederation of Trade Unions
- Sharan Burrow: Diary from Copenhagen 16.12.09
- Giulia Baggio: Letter from Copenhagen
- Sharan Burrow: Diary from Copenhagen 17.12.09
- Sharan Burrow: Diary from Copenhagen 18.12.09
- Sharan Burrow: Climate Change – Leaders Must “Go the Extra Distance”
- Sharan Burrow: Libs still hope the WorkChoices zombie can rise
- Address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver National Reform Summit
- Productivity v Profit: Increasing living standards for all Australians.
- Rebuilding confidence in our public institutions
- A not-so-taxing time for the rich
- Opening comments by Dave Oliver at the National Press Club 'Future of Employment' debate
- Much more must be done to help Indigenous Australians
- Formal opening by ACTU President Ged Kearney - ACTU Executive and Indigenous Leadership Conference
- Our History, Our future. Speech by ACTU Indigenous Officer Kara Keys To the ACTU Executive
- Wave Hill Walk Off 50th Anniversary - speech by Dave Oliver
- ACTU Just Transition Conference - Speech by Ged Kearney, ACTU President
- Speech by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver Industry Super Australia – The Super Opportunity conference
- Speech by Ben Davison: Decent Work & Economic Growth speech to Sustainable Development Goals Australia 2016
- Speech by ACTU Secretary Sally McManus at the National Press Club
- Sally McManus- Address to Nexgen 2017
- Sally McManus, speech to TJ Ryan Foundation, Brisbane 1st September, 2017
- Sally McManus Speech to AIRAANZ February 2018
- Sally McManus - Press Club Speech: Change the Rules; For more secure jobs and fair pay
- Sally McManus, Secretary ACTU Per Capita Reform Agenda Series Speech - 27 April 2018
- Terry Miller OAM: tireless advocate for South Australian asbestos victims passes away
- ACTU Congress 2018 Secretary’s Welcome Speech 17th July, 2018
- ACTU Congress 2018 President’s Address 17th July, 2018
- Sally McManus - Speech to John Curtin Research Centre Gala Dinner: 4 October 2018
- Sally McManus speech to ALP Conference, Adelaide: 18 December 2018
- Sally McManus - speech to the Melbourne Press Club - 08.02.19
- Michele O'Neil, ACTU President Speech to Conference of Major Super Funds
- Michele O'Neil - Speech to Symposium on the Centenary of the ILO, 18 July 2019
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