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

A not-so-taxing time for the rich

February 25, 2016

The Australian tax system is tangled up in a web of subsidies, exemptions and arrangements that unfairly advantage the top 10 per cent of income earners, do nothing to drive innovation or productivity growth and hold us back from investing in nation-building.

Rebuilding confidence in our public institutions: the need for a national corruption watchdog

January 20, 2016

Rebuilding confidence in our public institutions: the need for a national corruption watchdog.
Opinion by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver
First published in the Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 20 January, 2016

Productivity v Profit: Increasing living standards for all Australians – speech by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver

December 8, 2015

Speech by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver
AFR Workforce and Productivity Conference

Occupational Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation Report to ACTU Congress 2015: Speech by ACTU Assistant Secretary Michael Borowick

May 26, 2015

Occupational Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation Report to ACTU Congress 2015: Speech by ACTU Assistant Secretary Michael Borowick.

Opening address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to the ACTU Congress 2015, Melbourne

May 26, 2015

Opening address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to the ACTU Congress 2015, Melbourne.

Opening address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the ACTU Congress 2015, Melbourne

May 26, 2015

Opening address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the ACTU Congress 2015, Melbourne, 26 May.

The State of the Unions Address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the National Press Club

May 6, 2015

ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on 6 May 2015.

Dave Oliver address to the Australian Industry Group PIR Conference

May 4, 2015

ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver addressed the Australian Industry Group PIR Conference on 4 May 2015 on a range of topics, including industry policy, industrial relations and collaboration between unions and business.

The Workplace Relations Debate: Address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to the National Press Club

March 17, 2015

ACTU President Ged Kearney debated the CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the National Press Club in Canberra on 17 March 2015.

Tipping the scales for work-life balance

November 19, 2014

Australians are losing the battle for work-life balance, writes ACTU President Ged Kearney.

Past Speeches & Opinions

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