Wayne Costelloe
Wayne Costelloe is the Australian Education Union Federal Aboriginal Education Officer.
Wayne is descended from the Ngugi-Nunukul Clans of North Stradbroke Island, Gungurri Clan of Mitchell and the Waragamay Clan of the Ingham area. Wayne came to the AEU from the Queensland Council of Unions where he served as the Indigenous Employment Support Officer.
Wayne is a qualified primary school teacher and his teaching has included working as an Australian Volunteer Abroad in Thailand at the Phuket Teachers' College teaching English as a foreign language.
Wayne has worked in policy and programme development and project management in the Commonwealth and Queensland Public Services. He has worked in several State Government agencies including the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) where he wrote the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment and Career Development Strategy and the Partnership Commitment Strategy. He has also worked in Education Queensland where his major roles entailed working on literacy, VET in Schools and Off-campus student support projects.
Wayne also has extensive Community Development experience serving on Management Committees for Aboriginal community organisations.
