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22 May 06:00am

Filed under: Actu, Angela Merkel, Gurindji, Imf, Superannuation, Union

Bill Kelty made a memorable speech last week. Addressing the ACTU Congress Dinner in Sydney, the legendary ACTU Secretary who helped shape the Accord in the 1980s and 1990s, explained why he became a unionist.

Fighting for the underdog. Photo:The Daily Telegraph

“It was the underdog you always sided with in our family,” he told a hushed audience that included former Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.

“The Aboriginal on death row, the Gurindji people, women not getting equal pay. It was Australia of whom you were proud, but not the Australia who sang God Save the Queen.

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year of the dragon says:

05:47pm | 23/05/12

thatmosis says:08:31pm | 22/05/12 It seems that not only do the unions believe that they can run businesses better than anyone else but now those that support them unquestioningly know more about your former business than you do. Read more »
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10:02am | 23/05/12

Macca is one of those guys who embodies all that is wrong with Australia. He holds the” Im all right Jack Bugger all the rest” mentality that hamstrings this country and the world. Nothing bad ever happened to him so anyone else is a whinger. A woman raising 4 kids… Read more »

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