Program

*Please note: The Congress program may be subject to change.

Bumping in – Monday 5 June

4pm	Enterprise and sector confabs (Workshop) Pepperberry and Ironbark rooms
5pm	Welcome cocktail event Sponsored by Partnervest   Fairway lounge

Congress Agenda Day 1 – Tuesday 6 June

6.30am	Yoga – Optional   Banksia room
7am	Breakfast   Three Founders restaurant
7.30am	Trade desks   Hepburn room and foyer
8.30am	Welcome to Country  Troy Firebrace, Djaara Traditional Owner  Acacia lawn
9.20am	Official opening of 2023 FSU National Congress and President’s welcome   Johanna Tran, FSU National President   Lindsay and Creswick rooms
9.45am	FSU Elections  Lindsay and Creswick rooms
10am	Introduction and welcome   Julia Angrisano, FSU National Secretary  Lindsay and Creswick rooms
10.20am	Solidarity statement (Presentation)  FSU members Yvette-Maree Marcelle, Bill Rue and Isy Fish  Lindsay and Creswick rooms
10.30am	Morning tea Hepburn room and foyer
11am	Our union story: First Nations members (Presentation and roundtable discussion)  FSU members Adam Fletcher, Pamela Anderson, Tegan Walsh-Jones and Rina Abbott-Jard  Lindsay and Creswick rooms
11.55am	Support the Uluru Statement from the Heart   FSU First Nations Committee  Lindsay and Creswick rooms
12.30pm	Lunch Three Founders restaurant
1.15pm	Our stories of winning (Panel session)   FSU members Justine Sherwood, Meg Nair, Samantha Halladay and Caroline Troup  Lindsay and Creswick rooms
1.45pm	A growing union: There is strength in numbers (Workshop)   Facilitated by FSU staff   Lindsay and Creswick rooms
2.15pm	A growing union: There is strength in numbers (Report back and discussion)   Facilitated by Nicole McPherson  Lindsay and Creswick rooms
3.30pm	Afternoon tea  Hepburn room and foyer
3.50pm	Climate justice (Panel session)   Dr April Merleaux (Research Manager of the Rainforest Action Network)   Lindsay and Creswick rooms
4.30pm	Better communities together (Workshop)  Facilitated by FSU staff   Hepburn room
6pm	Dinner   Three Founders restaurant
7.30pm	Trivia night – Optional   Ironbark room

Congress Agenda Day 2 – Wednesday 7 June

6.30am	Yoga – Optional   Banksia room
7am	Breakfast   Three Founders restaurant
7.30am	Trade desks   Hepburn room and foyer
9am	Shaping digital transformation (Plenary and panel discussion)   Dr Christina J. Colclough (Founder, The Why Not Lab), Julia Powles (Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia Law School) and Gareth Murphy (Head of Industrial Relations and Campaigns, Financial Services Union Ireland)  Lindsay and Creswick rooms
10.15am	Organising for gender equity (Workshop)   Facilitated by Angela Budai, FSU National Policy Officer  Pepperberry room
10.15am	Organising for healthy workplaces (Workshop)   Facilitated by Alex Cousner, FSU Bargaining Specialist  Ironbark room
10.50am	Morning tea   Hepburn room and foyer
11.25am	Organising for gender equity (Workshop continued)  Pepperberry room   Organising for healthy workplaces (Workshop continued)  Ironbark room
12pm	The TikTok frenzy (Plenary)   Wil Stracke, Assistant Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council and TikTok superstar  Lindsay and Creswick rooms
12.40pm	Lunch   Three Founders restaurant
1.30pm	Building our union to win (Workshop)   Facilitated by Julia Angrisano, Wendy Streets, Jason Hall and Nicole McPherson Lindsay and Creswick rooms
3.30pm	Afternoon tea   Hepburn room and foyer
4pm	Secure Jobs, Better Pay (Plenary)  Sally McManus, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions   Lindsay and Creswick rooms
4.30pm	Close of day
6.30pm	Congress dinner   Creswick and Hepburn rooms

Congress Agenda Day 3 – Thursday 8 June

7am	Breakfast   Three Founders restaurant
9am	Enterprise and sector confabs – future planning   Lindsay and Creswick rooms
9.30am	Congress reflections   Lindsay and Creswick rooms
10am	Morning tea  Hepburn room and foyer
10.20am	Resolutions   Lindsay and Creswick rooms
11.40am	Wrap up and close of 2023 FSU National Congress
12pm	Lunch   Three Founders restaurant
1pm	Depart venue