The Australian Trade Union Training Authority (TUTA) was an

Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national executive government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The executive consists of the pr ...

funded

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providing education and training programs for union officials.

Michael Beahan Michael Eamon Beahan (21 January 1937 – 30 January 2022) was a British-born Australian politician who served as the 19th President of the Australian Senate, holding that position from 1 February 1994 to 30 June 1996. He was a Senator represe ...

was seconded from the Trades and Labor Council in 1974 with two others to set up TUTA in 1975 under the

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. The authority was established by the ''Trade Union Training Authority Act'' of 1975 and operated training centres in each state capital as well as Clyde Cameron College. TUTA was abolished by the ''Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act'' of 1996.

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