Speeches & Opinions
Read speeches and opinion articles by ACTU officers and staff.
Our collection contains speeches delivered at conferences, forums, summits, rallies and events by Executive and senior ACTU staff. It also contains op-eds previously published in mainstream media by the ACTU President, ACTU Secretary or ACTU Assistant Secretaries.
Recent Speeches & Opinions
Address by Secretary-elect Dave Oliver to the ACTU Congress, Sydney Convention Centre
May 15, 2012
I am asking for your support for the next three years because Ged and I cannot do it alone. We are a union of unions, and we all need to work together.
Jeff Lawrence opening address to ACTU Congress 2012
May 15, 2012
As you know, this is my last Congress as ACTU Secretary and I am confident that there is a firm base to continue to build and make a real difference to working people’s lives.
Ged Kearney opening address to ACTU Congress 2012
May 15, 2012
Workers acting collectively have a proud history in this country and the union movement has been the clearest and strongest expression of the values of ordinary Australians.
Brian Howe address to the National Press Club
April 18, 2012
If there is one story that cuts right across our economy and its changes in the last 20-30 years, it is the story of the growth of insecure work, and of risk and uncertainty being shifted from employers to workers, from employers to taxpayers.
Ged Kearney 2012 International Women’s Day Address
March 8, 2012
On IWD we acknowledge our achievements we have won over the past few years: Paid Parental Leave, the landmark SACs equal pay case, reform of Equal Opportunity legislation and FWA such as protection from discrimination on grounds of family and caring responsibilities.
Jeff Lawrence speech to Justice Geoffrey Giudice farewell dinner
February 24, 2012
Jeff Lawrence speech to Justice Geoffrey Giudice farewell dinner
Ged Kearney address to CEDA Economic and Political Overview
February 23, 2012
We have told Treasury and the Government that the protection and growth of secure jobs across the workforce must be the focus of the 2012-13 Federal Budget and of all economic policy.
Jeff Lawrence opinion piece: Fair Work Act review needs to be based on evidence
January 12, 2012
Jeff Lawrence opinion piece: Fair Work Act review needs to be based on evidence
Ged Kearney address to ALP National Conference in Sydney, Sunday, 4 December 2011
December 4, 2011
Now is not the time to be weakening our position on Fiji, ACTU President Ged Kearney told delegates to the 46th Australian Labor Party National Conference in Sydney, on Sunday, 4 December 2011.
Jeff Lawrence address to ALP National Conference, Sydney, Friday, 2 December 2011
December 2, 2011
Labor must provide further rights at work and ensure that the workplace system advances workers’ living standards and their rights, ACTU Secretary Jeff Lawrence told the 46th Australian Labor Party National Conference in Sydney on Friday, 2 December 2011.
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