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• IRSWA - 2025 End of Year Sundowner

  • When
    7 Nov 2025
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    5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Belgian Beer Café

  
  
  The Industrial Relations Society of Western Australia is excited to invite you to our 2025 End of Year Sundowner, a fantastic evening to celebrate the achievements, connections, and conversations that have shaped the year in WA industrial relations.
  
  This year has been packed with memorable events, from the Investigations Workshop co-hosted with the Piddington Society to the return of the WA Industrial Relations Conference. Each event has contributed to a year rich in collaboration, growth, and community.

  To close out the year, join us for an evening of:

  • Meaningful networking with professionals and students across IR, ER and HR
  • Refreshing beverages and a selection of delicious canapés
  • Guest speaker insights—stay tuned for announcements!

  Date: Friday, 7 November
  Location: Belgian Beer Café
  Time: 5.30 to 9pm

  We look forward to celebrating with you and closing out 2025 on a high note.

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• ALERA SA - Creating Safe Spaces

  • When
    12 Nov 2025
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    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Electra House - Westside 131- 139 King William St, Adelaide

  

  
  

  Creating Safe Spaces

  This session will be an extremely useful and practical session for businesses, HR professionals, managers and in-house roles, looking at managing risk through sound workplace practices and developing culture, and preventing, rather than dealing with, claims or a dispute.

  Venue : Electra House - Westside 131- 139 King William St, Adelaide

  Date : Wednesday 12th November 2025

  Time : Registration - 4:30pm, Start - 5:00 - 6:00pm

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• IRSNSW - Meet the Commission and End of Year Member Drinks

  • When
    13 Nov 2025
  • Location
    IRSNSW

  

  
  

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• IRSWA - Lattouf v ABC: Behind the Headlines

  • When
    13 Nov 2025
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    The Platform, Perth (3/256 Adelaide Terrace, Perth)

  
  

  
  

  The Industrial Relations Society of Western Australia, in collaboration with MDC Legal, is pleased to present an exclusive seminar unpacking one of the most talked-about employment law cases of the year — Lattouf v ABC.

  Join us as Oshie Fagir, the barrister who acted for Ms. Antoinette Lattouf in her successful employment termination claim against the ABC, takes us behind the headlines to explore the case in detail. This session will provide invaluable insight into the intersection of employment law, freedom of expression, and workplace policy in a modern media context.

  Key discussion points:

  • The legal strategy and reasoning behind the case
  • How the decision contributes to the development of employment and discrimination law
  • Lessons and takeaways for HR professionals, decision-makers, and practitioners
  • Insights into aspects of the trial that weren’t captured in the published decision

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  • Date: Thursday, 13 November 2025
  • Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
  • Location: The Platform, Perth (3/256 Adelaide Terrace, Perth)
  • Tickets: $10 per person

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  Places are limited and members receive exclusive early access from Monday, 13 October for three days before public release.

  1 CPD point will be available for legal practitioners.
  

  This event promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking evening for anyone interested in employment relations, workplace law, or media and policy implications arising from high-profile cases.

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• IRSWA - Preparing for hearing

  • When
    25 Nov 2025
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    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Hearing Room 5, Fair Work Commission, Level 12, 111 St Georges Tce, Perth

  
  

  
  

  Have you ever wondered what constitutes the good conduct of matters before the Fair Work Commission? Deputy President Beaumont will discuss this topic - providing references to case law, case types, and issues that practitioners commonly encounter.

  Deputy President Beaumont:

  Abbey Beaumont was appointed to the position of Deputy President of the Fair Work Commission in August 2017. Alongside this position, she previously served as Chair of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal.

  Prior to her appointment to the Commission, Abbey worked as the Human Resources Corporate and Employee Relations Manager at Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, and sat on the Board Reference Group for the Australian Mines and Minerals Association and the Industrial Relations Advisory Group for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA.

  Abbey has worked in both private practice and government as a legal advisor.

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• IRSV - 2025 AGM and Patron's Night

  • When
    2 Dec 2025
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    5:30 PM
  • Location
    Quarterhouse, 693 Collins Street, Docklands

  

  
  

  2025 AGM and Patrons Night

  IRSV are very excited to host the Honourable Dr Carina Garland MP (Chair of Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations, Skills and Training), and the Honourable Mr. Timothy Wilson MP (Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Employment and Small Business) who will present on the night.

  When: Tuesday 2 December from 5:30pm
  Where:   Quarterhouse, 693 Collins Street, Docklands

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• IRSQ 2025 AGM & Christmas Function

  • When
    4 Dec 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Queensland Industrial Relations Commission and Aquila

  

  
  

  The Industrial Relations Society of Queensland  will be holding a combined Annual General Meeting and Christmas Function.

   Annual General Meeting
  When: Thursday 4 December, commencing 5pm
  Where  Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, Level 21, Central Plaza 2, 66 Eagle St, Brisbane City

  Christmas drinks
  When: Thursday 4 December, following AGM
  Where: Aquila, 82 Eagle Street, Brisbane City

  Enquires in relation to the Annual General Meeting should be directed to irsq@irsq.asn.au.

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