Launch of Hands Up

 

A function was held at Parliament House in Canberra on 7 October 2003 to introduce the AEU Federal President, Pat Byrne, and launch the AEU's new Parliamentary Brief "Hands Up". Around seventy guests attended which included members of the federal government, federal opposition, minor parties, independents, representatives from the Commonwealth Department of Education and Science, and education writers from the Press Gallery.

  • Address by Pat Byrne

  • October 2003 edition of Hands Up


    7 October Reception at Parliament House

    Pat Byrne
    Pat Byrne (AEU Federal President)
    Pat Forward Anthony Albanese Rob Durbridge
    Pat Forward (President TAFE), Anthony Albanese (Shadow Minister for Employment Services & Training), and Rob Durbridge (AEU Federal Secretary)
    Clive Haggar and Meg Lees
    Clive Haggar (AEU ACT Branch Secretary)
    and Senator Meg Lees
    Rosalie Kinson Jennie George Jenny Macklin
    Rosalie Kinson (Vice President, Early Childhood Sector), Jennie George MP and Jenny Macklin (Deputy Leader of the Opposition)
    Susan Hopgood
    Jim McMorrow (Ministerial Adviser to Jenny Macklin MP) and Susan Hopgood (AEU Deputy Federal Secretary)
    Kerry O'Brien and Mike Poate
    Kerry O'Brien (Shadow Minister for Primary Industries)
    and Mike Poate (AEU Tasmanian State Manager)
    Gavan O'Connor Pat Byrne and Wayne Swan
    Gavan O'Connor (Shadow Minister for Regional Services),
    Pat Byrne (AEU Federal President) and Wayne Swan (Shadow Minister for Family & Community Services)
    Pat Byrne and Senator Penny Wong
    Senator Penny Wong and Pat Byrne (AEU Federal President)

     
    John Battams and Len Harris
    John Battams (AEU Queensland General Secretary)
    and Senator Len Harris
    Jenny Macklin and Arch Bevis
    Jenny Macklin (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) and Arch Bevis MP
    Clive Haggar Robert Laird Kim Carr
    Clive Haggar (AEU ACT Branch Secretary), Robert Laird (AEU NT Branch President) and Senator Kim Carr (Shadow Minister for Science & Research)

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