From an episode of Future PerfectPresented by Dylan Bird

Interview

Future Perfect: The History Of Union Action In Australia

Dylan Bird is joined by political historian and biographer Dr Liam Byrne to get into the history of union movements in Australia, key figures and moments in progressing worker’s rights in the country, and the health of union action today, as explored in his new book No Power Greater.

“The simple, fundamental reality of Australia’s history is that working people have demonstrated time and time again the greatest ability to change the world is collective … that is just as true today as it has been at any other point of Australian history”

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Listen to Future Perfect: The History Of Union Action In Australia27:0628 July 2025