New President of ACTU

22 Jul 2010, By Owen Tudor

And whilst we’re commenting on matters Australian, welcome to Ged Kearney, the new President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, who succeeds Sharan Burrow – off to become General Secretary of the ITUC. Ged, former Federal Secretary of the Australian Nurses Federation, will be working with existing ACTU Secretary Jeff Lawrence. Both posts are full-time. The full leadership of the ACTU is here.