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
Sharan Burrow: Address to the AiGroup
December 3, 2007
Manufacturing is a critical sector of the Australian economy and yet by our reckoning it has been in decline for two out of the last three years.
Jeff Lawrence: Address to ACTU Conference
June 14, 2007
Australians want to live in a nation that they can proudly say is fair, inclusive and where working people have a say – I want to work with Australian working families to ensure we return to these values.
Greg Combet: Your Rights at Work Worth Voting For
November 30, 2006
At the outset I would like to make something very clear. It is an undeniable fact that millions of people have lost their rights at work under the new industrial relations laws.
Sharan Burrow: Your Rights Your Future
November 30, 2006
Last November we said we must not be the first generation of Australians to leave our kids with fewer rights at work than we inherited. We said that we would fight these laws.
Greg Combet: A New Australian Consensus for the 21st Century
November 20, 2006
Greg Combet has called for Labor and the union movement to develop a new “democratic consensus” on the issues of economic growth, security, education and climate change.
ACTU Congress 2006 – IR policy for the next stage of the campaign for workers’ rights
October 25, 2006
ACTU Congress 2006 – IR policy for the next stage of the campaign for workers’ rights
Greg Combet: All Have a Right to a Fair Deal
September 22, 2006
On Melbourne radio last Friday, Prime Minister John Howard categorically committed his Government to opposing any right for Australian workers to collectively bargain with their employer.
Greg Combet Unveils Collective Bargaining Blueprint – ABC TV Lateline
September 15, 2006
ABC TV’s Lateline Program speaks to ACTU Secretary Greg Combet about union plans for a new system of collective bargaining.
Greg Combet: A Fairer Balance Between Industrial Relations and the Economy
September 13, 2006
The Howard Government is losing the debate over the new industrial relations laws not only because the laws are unfair. It is also losing because it has been dishonest.
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