Speeches & Opinion: Archive by Subject

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Aviation
Cabotage
Corporate Campaigning
Industrial Relations
Jockeys
Manufacturing
Royal_Commission
Shearers
Shorten_Abbott_debate
Steel_Industry
The AWU vision
Unfair Dismissal laws
Workers'_rights
accc
climatechange
election04
mining
submissions
tax_reform
water

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Aviation

• To help Ansett? Or not to help?

Cabotage

• Saving Australian Shipping Jobs

Corporate Campaigning

• BlueScope Steel Ltd Annual General Meeting
• Overpaid CEOs: What they really earn

Industrial Relations

• ALP To The Fore, Duel The Dual System
• AWU's Verbal Submission to Senate Inquiry into 'Work Choices'
• Beaconsfield Mine Rescue
• Beyond The Next Election - Policy Challenges For Australia's Future Workforce
• Bill Shorten debates Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews
• Bill Shorten on people movement against Howard Government's IR changes
• Bill Shorten's Address to the Pan Pharmaceuticals Creditors' Meeting
• Fighting against the odds - 2005 AWU National Conference
• Howard's political suicide note
• Meet the Press interview with Bill Shorten
• Nothing 'Fair' About This Test
• Spin Can't Hide Attack on Families
• Stop Electrolux’s job-killing rampage
• TV Debate on Howard Government's Workplace Changes
• Williamtown Dispute Shows Howard's Way

Jockeys

• Never forget the real heroes of racing

Manufacturing

• Manufacturing Vital To Our Future
• Rural Jobs Push - a National Priority
• Smart Strategy Will Build A Better Future
• There is a super way out of Labor's tax cut dilemma

Royal_Commission

• Submission to the Senate Building & Construction Industry Inquiry
• Working hard to make work fair

Shearers

• Rural Press Club Address 2002
• Why Is Diazinon Still On The Market?

Shorten_Abbott_debate

• Two’s a Party, Three’s a Crowd: Third Party Intervention in IR

Steel_Industry

• Show a steel will and team spirit

The AWU vision

• 2007 Biennial Australian Workers' Union National Conference
• AWU mates give Bill Shorten a hearty good-bye as he moves to Canberra
• An alternative vision for Australia
• Bill Shorten on speculation he will move to federal politics
• Can Labour Win? New Directions for an old union
• Changing With The Times
• Demanding the rights to which Australians are entitled
• IR changes diversion from real need to generate growth
• Insiders
• It's time for experience
• Jobs Threat If Libs Win
• Lasseter's Last Ride
• National Effort Can Solve Water Shortage
• Nuclear Energy and Greenhouse - Implications for Australia
• One day longer…
• Our Car Industry Needs A Hybrid Drive If It Wants To Thrive
• Shorten Amongst New Generation of ALP Candidates
• Shorten, Beattie discuss future of Labor and union movement
• Steel needs vision for its long-term future
• Sunday Sunrise Interview with Bill Shorten
• Technical Education A Priority
• Ted's full of gas
• The AWU's Submission To Award Review Taskforce
• The New Social Capital:helping people and communities plan for 100 years of life
• The Politics of Hope
• Time to pump life into the nation's engine rooms
• Transcript from the National Press Club, Canberra, January 30 2008
• Unions must stop opposing work schemes
• Wayne Hanson's Greater South Australian Branch Delegates Conference Address
• What kind of Australia do we want?
• William Guthrie Spence: Nation Builder, Labour Leader, Worker

Unfair Dismissal laws

• AWU Submission to the ACCC on the proposed Adeliade Brighton & Boral merger
• AWU stands up for Israel's sovereign rights
• Bill Shorten Interview with Laurie Oakes
• Changing tactics for changing times
• Jockeys on Short Odds
• Rates scare campaign loses its interest
• Speech to West Australian Police Union Rally
• Time to energise the Bush
• Unfair Dismissal laws: Monster or Mouse?
• Voters tired of all the buck-passing
• We Have Reached A Tipping Point - Let's Tip Out John Howard
• When Workers are treated like canaries

Workers'_rights

• Adding insult to injury
• Big Brother is no substitute for real relationships at work
• Bosses Must Pay The Price For Staff
• Pan Pharmaceuticals CEO Faces Legal Challenge

accc

• With one hand tied behind their back

climatechange

• A Brown Union Thanks Professor Tim Flannery

election04

• Federal Labor must be more concerned with kicking goals
• Hey biggest spender, voters not that stupid
• Labor builds on positives
• Labor warned not to forget taxpayers
• Making sense of the election
• Terror blast likely to benefit Coalition

mining

• Deep Down Agreement

submissions

• AWU Submission to the Inquiry into the CLERP 9 Reforms
• AWU Submission to the National Drought Policy Review
• Bill Shorten's Testimony to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations

tax_reform

• Taxed to a standstill
• This one's for mugs, not steelworkers
• Why $6 is an insult to workers

water

• Busting The Water Myths
• How To Fix the Water Crisis - Lay A Pipe Across Victoria