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.
September 3, 2014
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver proposed some ideas for the future of manufacturing and jobs at an Ideas & Society forum at Latrobe University on 3 September 2014.
August 29, 2014
Ged Kearney addressed the annual conference of the Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association on 29 August 2014 about workplace reform in Australia.
August 21, 2014
In her opening address to the ACTU National Women’s Conference in Melbourne on 21 August 2014, ACTU President Ged Kearney outlined campaign priorities for unions to advance the working lives of women.
August 7, 2014
ACTU President Ged Kearney addressed the National Small Business Summit in Melbourne on 7 August 2014.
July 4, 2014
ACTU Assistant Secretary, Tim Lyons speech for the 2014 Economic and Social Outlook Conference
July 2, 2014
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver took part in a discussion for the Wheeler Centre’s Points of View series on Tom Roberts’ painting ‘Shearing the rams’ on 2 July 2014.
June 6, 2014
ACTU President Ged Kearney addressed the plenary session of the 103rd International Labour Conference in Geneva on 5 June 2014.
May 23, 2014
In a keynote address to the 2014 LabourStart Global Solidarity Conference in Berlin, ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver spoke of the need for unions to campaign across borders in the modern, globalised economy.
May 20, 2014
In this address to the ACTU Indigenous Conference in Adelaide on Tuesday, 20 May 2014, ACTU President Ged Kearney discussed the shared history between Australian unions and the Indigenous community, and the response to the 2014 Federal Budget.
May 3, 2014
ACTU President Ged Kearney spoke at the Canberra May Day March about the Commission of Audit and the Abbott Government’s attacks on our way of life.
