by Evatt Foundation | Aug 11, 2026 | News
The ACTU Executive has appointed Melissa Donnelly, as the new Secretary-elect of the ACTU, replacing Sally McManus who will step down on 30 August after a decade leading the union movement. Melissa is the current National Secretary of the Community and Public Sector...
by Mark Bray | Aug 8, 2026 | News
Australia’s union movement, representing around 1.6 million workers, will have two new leaders by the end of this year, in a surprise move. Announcing their departures, Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) Secretary Sally McManus said she will step down first, at...
by Michelle Grattan | Aug 6, 2026 | News
The country’s top two union leaders, Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) secretary Sally McManus and president Michelle O’Neil, announced last week they’re stepping down from their roles by the end of the year. After nearly a decade of representing around...
by Evatt Foundation | Aug 1, 2026 | News
The ACTU, the peak body for Australian Unions, has announced it will transition to a new leadership team. ACTU Secretary, Sally McManus and President, Michele O’Neil have announced they will make way for a new generation of union leaders to bring renewal to the peak...
by John Buchanan | Jun 20, 2026 | News
Around 2.8 million of Australia’s lowest-paid workers will get a 4.75% pay rise from July 1 this year, after the latest Fair Work Commission annual decision on award wages. Around 100,000 of the very lowest paid workers, on entry level and minimum pay, were singled...
by David Peetz | Jun 6, 2026 | News
Class has always mattered, and now social democratic parties that sprung from a working class — including the Australian Labor Party – are finding out why. Over many years, and in many countries, a growing view among political actors and within political science was...
