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About Bill Kelty
- William John "Bill" Kelty, AC (born 5 February 1948) is an Australian trade unionist and a well-known figure in the Australian labour movement, who served as Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 1983 to 2000.
- Born in Brunswick, Melbourne, Kelty was educated at La Trobe University where he studied economics.
- His professional union activity began in 1975 as a research officer for the Federated Storemen and Packers' Union (now part of the National Union of Workers).He was a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia between 1987 and 1996.
- He resigned from the Board of the Reserve Bank on 4 March 1996 due to the election of the Howard Coalition Government two days earlier.
- Kelty was an author of the Prices and Incomes Accord between the trade unions and the Labor government.
- He was Paul Keating's witness to the Kiribilli Pact concerning leadership of the Australian Labor Party.
- He has been a Commissioner of the Australian Football League (AFL) since 1998.
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