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• IRS Newcastle Branch Annual General Meeting

  • When
    31 Jul 2026
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    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Merewether Surfhouse, 5 Henderson Parade, Merewether

  

  IRS Newcastle Branch

  AGM | Diversity in Industrial Relations

  Date: Friday 31 July 2026

  Time: 12.00pm - 3.00pm

  Venue: Merewether Surfhouse

  INTRODUCING OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER 

  Marian Baird, Professor of Gender and Employment Relations - University of Sydney

  

  For any enquiries, please email newcastle@irsnsw.org.au
  

  
  

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• IRSQ - Patrons Lunch

  • When
    7 Aug 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

  

  
  

  Join your industry colleagues and friends for a relaxed and enjoyable afternoon of insightful conversation and sociability at the 2026 Industrial Relations Society of Queensland Patron’s Lunch.

  
  Date Friday 7 August 2026
  Time 12:00 pm for 12:30 pm start
  Venue Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (Room M3 & M4
  Cnr Merivale & Glenelg Streets, South Brisbane

  
  

  Our Guest Speaker

  The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

  Minister for Employment & Workplace Relations

  In 2007, Amanda Rishworth was elected as the Member for Kingston at 29 years of age.

  Amanda is the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations.

  She has previously served as Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Development, Shadow Minister for Youth, Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel, Minister for Social Services, and Minister for the NDIS.

  Amanda was educated at state schools in Adelaide and was a volunteer swimming instructor and surf lifesaver.

  During her university studies, Amanda worked as a sales assistant and developed a strong interest in workplace fairness. She later worked in the trade union movement as a union representative and occupational health and safety trainer.

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• ALERASA - Reflections on industrial relations from the FWC Bench and across a generation / AGM

  • When
    12 Aug 2026
  •  
    5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Electra House - Westside 131- 139 King William St, Adelaide and online via Zoom

  

  
  

  Join ALERA SA for an ALERA SA CPD on "Reflections on industrial relations from the FWC Bench and across a generation", delivered by former Deputy President Peter Anderson and former Commissioner Christopher Platt

  Venue : Electra House - Westside 131- 139 King William St, Adelaide and online via Zoom

  Date : Wednesday 12th August 2026

  Time : Registration - 4:30pm

  : Start - 5:00 - 6:00pm

  The CPD Presentation will be followed by the 2026 ALERA SA AGM from 6:00- 6:30pm.

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• IRSQ - Advocacy in the Commission

  • When
    15 Aug 2026
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    8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Brisbane

  

  
  

  The IRSQ Advocacy in the Commission Course returns in August 2026!

  Having first been developed in the late 1990s, and run regularly since then, this course is a longstanding and popular IRSQ offering. It is a course we are proud to deliver to our members and other industrial relations practitioners who are looking to increase their knowledge and skills in the art of advocacy.

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• ALERA & IRSNSW Skills Workshop

  • When
    16 Oct 2026
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    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Sydney

  
  

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• IRSNSW AGM and Patron's Lunch

  • When
    26 Nov 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Members Dining Room NSW Parliament House

  
  

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• ILERA 2027 World Congress

  • Start
    30 Aug 2027
  • End
    3 Sep 2027
  • Location
    ICC Sydney

  
  

  
  

  30 August - 3 September 2027

  ICC Sydney

  Sustainable, productive and decent work: Bridging Research, practice and policy

  
  

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