Bill Kelty
Bill Kelty is a former leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and a prominent figure in Australian labor politics, known for his influential role during the Hawke-Keating era and for his critical commentary on contemporary Labor governments.
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Bill Kelty stated that the tax system is terrible for young people and needs to change.
General Chalmers gathers the troops for a new tax war
Australia· 2026-02-24
On Monday, Labor doyen Bill Kelty said the current income tax system and its top marginal rate of 47 per cent were hurting young Australians.
Treasury admits changes would help first home buyersAustralia· 2026-02-24
Bill Kelty is a key economic advisor to Bob Hawke and is involved in the Senate inquiry.
Top economists join forces to back capital gains tax changesAustralia· 2026-02-19
Albanese heard a version of this critique in his first term from Labor’s old economic reform guard in Paul Keating and Bill Kelty.
Labor can win a parliamentary vote on female MPs aloneAustralia· 2025-11-14
Bill Kelty decided to introduce the 'superannuation guarantee' mainly to give ordinary workers something better than the age pension.
Nation may be on its way to moving from a global debtor to a global creditorAustralia· 2025-09-14
Bill Kelty is recognized as a joint brainchild of universal super along with Paul Keating.
Labor must seize the moment at productivity roundtableAustralia· 2025-07-02
Bill Kelty, a titan of the labour movement, says the entire notion of the Left as an ideological force within Labor no longer makes sense.
Albanese, Wong, Plibersek backing Trump’s Iran strikes breaks from old guardAustralia· 2025-06-26
Bill Kelty is one of the joint architects of the compulsory super system.
With this much power, Anthony Albanese can think big. But here’s why he won’t.Australia· 2025-05-23
Bill Kelty is a retired union boss who has publicly questioned Albanese's government's priorities.
Inside Anthony Albanese’s mission to make Labor a long-term option for AustraliaAustralia· 2025-04-11
Bill Kelty, ACTU leader and confidant of Keating, supported the need for government action on the jobs market.
RBA archive documents reveal inside story of 1990s recessionAustralia· 2025-04-09
Hawke-Keating-era legend Bill Kelty argues in a Quarterly Essay this month.
Exclusive interview with Anthony AlbaneseAustralia· 2025-03-31
