The 2011 Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration

Added on 31st May 2011

Sharan presided over one of the most defining periods in the ACTU's history as the union movement worked to defeat the former Liberal Government's unpopular and ultimately unsuccessful WorkChoices legislation. Here, Sharan presents the Inaugural Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration.

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