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Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Building a Super Nation Improving our super system, lifting returns and the national savings pool, addressing longevity risk, strategic infrastructure investment, shifting to a low carbon economy… Download the full transcript ... read more...
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Living & Working: shaping Australia for the years to come Speech to the National Press Club Sharan Burrow, ACTU President Click here to read ACTU Media Release  ' Global financial crisis adds urgency to need for a fair and... read more...
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Building a fairer Australia: the role of unions and workers’ rights Speech to National Press Club   Jeff Lawrence, ACTU Secretary     read more...
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Address to National Press Club. “Superannuation and the National Interest” Garry Weaven Chair Industry Funds Management Canberra 23 May 2007 COMPERE: Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you very much, thanks.  Welcome to... read more...
For the Howard Government industrial relations is the dog that ate their homework - the work it should have been doing preparing Australia for the 21st century says ACTU Secretary Greg Combet in a speech to the National Press Club today. (Includes... read more...
Speaking on ABC television's The Insiders, former Reserve Bank governor and industry fund trustee Bernie Fraser says industry super funds are better performers than retail funds.   Click HERE to view the full transcript.  ... read more...
Australia needs fresh and more progressive policies which address the inequalities stemming from economic change, a need for a long-term economic agenda, and a lift in the integrity of government argues ACTU Secretary Greg Combet. Beyond the... read more...
In this opening address to the ACTU Superannuation seminar for fund managers SDA Secretary Joe De Bruyn outlines the union involvement in superannuation over the last 15 years. Firstly can I welcome all of you to this Seminar organised by the... read more...
In this presentation to the ACTU Fund Managers Seminar ACTU Senior Research Officer Grant Belchamber considers the future economic climate. The Australian economy Great need to address long-term issues. I want to consider the likely... read more...
Harvester Man and his model family are officially dead and we need a raft of new measures to re-calibrate work and family life in Australia argues ACTU President Sharan Burrow. A month ago, when I was launching the ACTUs Work and Family test... read more...
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