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.
May 27, 2011
The reality is that there are a number of industrial relations myths being circulated by commentators and some in the business community that distort the debate and raise the risk of poor policy outcomes, and they need to be addressed.
April 13, 2011
In a country so wealthy, so clever and so advanced as Australia, why are we prepared to send people to unsafe workplaces every single day?
March 30, 2011
The Fair Work Act represented a huge step forward in terms of rights for working people.
March 29, 2011
It is troubling that currently only around a third of industry and like funds disclose the remuneration received by Directors in their annual report. Very few make specific disclosures around CEO pay.
March 29, 2011
It is timely that the topic of this session is ‘Productivity, Population and Participation’ because those subjects touch on a couple of issues that the ACTU and unions have been doing a lot of thinking about recently.
March 23, 2011
Today I would like to share some union solutions to economic growth and higher productivity.
March 11, 2011
Organisers are the engine rooms of our movement. They are the linkage between our great unions and our members. Nothing happens without organisers and the ACTU is absolutely committed to enhancing the skills and knowledge base of our organisers through conferences such as these.
February 21, 2011
I must admit unions are troubled by where the starting point for our discussions on the possible harmonisation of workers compensation arrangements is positioned, and I’d like to take some time now to flesh out our concerns.
February 16, 2011
It’s time that a greater emphasis and focus of the union movement needs to be on what is happening to Indigenous people and communities now.
February 16, 2011
The ACTU supports the Government’s plan for a progressive, one-off levy which exempts flood victims and the majority of workers to help cover the $5.6 billion cost of this summer’s devastating floods.
