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Australian Education Union - Federal Office
Ground Floor, 120 Clarendon Street, Southbank, Victoria, 3006
Phone : +61 (0)3 9693 1800 Fax : +61 (0)3 9693 1805
Email : [email protected] Website : www.aeufederal.org.au
Friday, 30 January, 2015
Media Statement – Leadership Change at AEU Federal
From Sunday, February 1, current AEU Deputy Federal President Correna Haythorpe
will formally take over as AEU Federal President, replacing Angelo Gavrielatos.
Ms Haythorpe was elected unopposed last year, after Mr Gavrielatos announced his
resignation in November to take up a position with the international union, Education
International.
Mr Gavrielatos has been AEU Federal President for seven years and played a key role
in the union’s campaigns for Gonski funding reforms and for high-quality public
education.
Media Contact: Ben Ruse 0437 971 291
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She has spent 17 years as a teacher in public primary schools, mainly in northern
Adelaide and Port Pirie, in South Australia. She became active in the South Australian
branch of the union in the 1990s and served as branch President from 2008 to 2013.
An affiliate of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and Education International (EI)