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.
February 28, 2014
ACTU Assistant Secretary Tim Lyons delivered the closing address to the 2014 Australian Unions Organising Conference in Melbourne on 28 February 2014.
February 26, 2014
In his keynote address to the 2014 Australian Unions Organising Conference in Melbourne ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver warned of the challenges ahead for unions under the Abbott Government.
February 26, 2014
ACTU President Ged Kearney spoke in the plenary session of the 2014 Australian Unions Organising Conference on the role of unions in campaigning for a better society.
December 9, 2013
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver opened the 2013 Superannuation Trustees Forum by discussing the challenges for superannuation under the new Coalition Government.
September 15, 2013
ACTU President Ged Kearney addressed the ‘White Cane Chain’ rally against job cuts at Vision Australia Enterprises in Melbourne on 15 September 2013.
August 7, 2013
In a major televised address to the National Press Club in Canberra on 7 August 2013, ACTU President Ged Kearney outlined what is at stake for Australian workers in the 2013 federal election.
July 25, 2013
To have a truly productive and prosperous society, we need workers with satisfying and secure jobs, good wages, training and a stake in the success of their workplace.
July 22, 2013
In a paper delivered to the 21st Labour Law Conference hosted by Sydney University’s Workplace Research Centre & Law School, ACTU Assistant Secretary Tim Lyons discussed the purpose of industrial regulation, and its connection with productivity.
June 24, 2013
In the search for cost savings and efficiencies, unions will seek to engage with auto industry employers to achieve greater productivity through the high road of high performance and high trust workplaces, not the low road of cutting wages and conditions, or creating a more insecure workforce, writes ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver.
June 24, 2013
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia ‘State of the Nation – Australia Adjusting’ conference on 24 June 2013.
