Reviewing victories, renewing struggles: The ACTU Congress, Adelaide, South Australia, 4–6 June 2024

The Australian Council of Trades Unions gathered in Congress in Adelaide, June 4th - 6th 2024. This article provides a detailed report on the Congress: drawing out key themes in debate and decision, providing an account of major speeches, and reviewing the industrial and political context. The report devotes special attention to the Congress's collective consideration of recent changes to industrial law, to the issue of artificial intelligence, to the problem of ‘working time’, and to the prospects of a green industrial transformation. It also seeks to place the Congress in historical context.