Annual Federal Conference 2007

 

Federal Conference is the supreme governing authority of the Australian Education Union. Delegates to Federal Conference include the Federal President, Deputy Federal President and delegates representing the General Division, TAFE Division and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members in each state and territory of Australia. Delegates hold office for two years, after which time they may be re-elected. Federal Conference meets annually to discuss the priorities and policies of the union. It also determines changes to the AEU Federal Rules and appoints professional officers to work in the AEU Federal Office.

The AEU’s 2007 Conference “A New Deal for Australia's Future” will be held in Canberra from 16 - 18 January.

85 delegates and 55 observers from across Australia will attend the conference to discuss a range of issues in the lead up to the 2007 Federal Election.

Members of the Union, including teachers, education workers and principals from the schools, TAFE and early childhood sectors will consider and debate issues which relate to public education and industrial relations. Topics which will be debated include:

  • professional pay
  • education infrastructure
  • the organisation of schooling
  • curriculum.

Delegates will also make decisions on the strategies for campaigning for public education and industrial relations in the lead up to the 2007 Federal Election.

The keynote address will be delivered by Fred Van Leeuwen, General Secretary of the world's largest non-Government organisation, Education International, which has 30 million members from across the world. Fred will address the conference on a range of issues, including:

  • global teacher shortages
  • government spending on public education in Australia in comparison to other OECD countries;
  • Australian student performance and the impact of socio-economic status on educational achievement.

    Fred and AEU Federal President, Pat Byrne, will be available to talk to the media following his address.

    Doug Cameron, Vice President of the ACTU and National Secretary of the AMWU will also address the conference in relation to the industrial relations campaign and issues more broadly centred on campaigning in the lead up to the Federal election.

    AEU Federal President Pat Byrne will open the Conference with an address to delegates and observers. This address will set the scene for the decision-making that will occur over the 3 days of Conference, and provide a critique of the Howard Government's policies and the impact of these on public education and the state of democracy in Australia.

    Keynote addresses and speeches will be posted on this web site as they become available.

  • Conference Statement

    • Media Releases

  • AEU Federal Conference Calls For End To Attack On Public Schools - 18 January 2007

  • International Education Expert Available for Interview - 17 January 2007

  • International Education Expert Calls For More Funding For Australian Public Schools - 16 January 2007

  • Alert: AEU Federal Conference 2007 - 15 January 2007

    Speeches

  • Address by Pat Byrne, Federal President - 16 January 2007

  • Keynote Address by Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education International - 16 January 2007

  • Address by Doug Cameron, National Secretary, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union - 16 January 2007

     

    • This page last updated 14 February 2007

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