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• IRSWA - 2025 Conference

  • Start
    23 May 2025
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    8:30 AM
  • End
    24 May 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Rendezvous Hotel on Scarborough Beach

  

  
  

  Navigating Change in IR:

  Reviewing the Last Decade and Looking to the Next

  The WA IR Conference is back in 2025 with a range of excellent speakers at the beautiful Rendezvous Hotel on Scarborough Beach. Come along and enjoy 2 days of development, learning and networking from professionals in all IR sectors including law, public policy, academia, business management, consulting and more.

  The conference will be filled with insights from distinguished speakers including:

  • The Honourable Simone McGurk MLA, Minister for Creative Industries; Heritage; Industrial Relations; Aged Care and Seniors; Women
  • Deputy President Melanie Binet, Fair Work Commission
  • Commissioner Charmaine Tsang, Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission
  • Daniel Crick, Executive Director - Operations, Employer Assistance and Compliance Branch, Fair Work Ombudsman
  • David Scaife MLA, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier and Member for Cockburn
  • Senator Varun Ghosh, Senator for Western Australia
  • Sam Pack, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
  • Rikki Hendon, Secretary, UnionsWA
  • Dr Tom Barratt, Senior Lecturer, Management and Organisations, UWA Business School
  • Dr Caleb Goods, Senior Lecturer, Management and Organisations, UWA Business School
  • Conrad Liveris, Economist and non-profit Executive
  • Aden Date, Facilitator and Founder/Director of Only the Human
  • Nick Ellery, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
  • Kathryn Hunter, Senior Associate, King & Wood Mallesons
  • Cory Fogliani, Principal Lawyer, Fogliani Lawyers

  Your ticket to the conference includes a long table lunch and three-course dinner and drinks on the Friday evening!

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• IRSQ - Diversity in IR Seminar - Fostering Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces

  • When
    23 May 2025
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Belview9, Level 9, Wesley House, 140 Ann Street, Brisbane City

  

  
  

  
  

  Join IRSQ for an evening of insightful discussion and networking featuring a keynote speech from Giridharan Sivaraman, Race Discrimination Commissioner, and an expert panel discussion with:

  • Commissioner Sam Pidgeon, QIRC
  • Professor Paul Harpur, UQ
  • Marnie King, Senior Inclusion & Development Lead, Griffith University

  This is a FREE event exclusively for IRSQ and AALA members, but places are limited.

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• IRSV - Advocacy Skills Series 1: Mediation in the Federal Courts

  • When
    27 May 2025
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    5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
  • Location
    Online

  

  
  

  IRSV's 2025 Advocacy Skills Series 

  Mediation in the Federal Courts

  
  

  

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• ALERA National Professional Development Unfair Dismissal Webinar Series

  • When
    5 Jun 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Webinar

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  ALERA, in conjunction with State and Territory societies, is excited to share the details for the second of four National professional development lunchtime masterclasses on Unfair Dismissal. These webinars are free for all industrial relations society members.

  We invite you to join us for the second session in June, presented by Vice Present Asbury on “When is a dismissal unfair? Assessing merits”. The session will include a live Q&A, providing an opportunity for members to engage directly with the Vice President.
  

  When: Thursday, 5 June 2025

  Where: Zoom Webinar (Online)

  Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM (AEST)

  Cost: Complimentary for all IRS members nationally. Please register through your state or territory IRS.

  NT Industrial Relations colleagues, please register here.

  Cost Non-members: $40.00

  

  Ms Ingrid Asbury is a Vice President of the Fair Work Commission and the Chairperson of the Northern Territory Police Arbitral Tribunal. Prior to her appointment as Vice President in 2023, Ms Asbury was a Deputy President of the Commission from 2013. Ms Asbury was appointed Commissioner of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission in 2000 and has been a Member of the Fair Work Commission and its predecessors since 2001. Prior to her appointment to the QIRC, Vice President Asbury was the National Industry Group Manager for the Australian Industry Group and in this role developed and implemented industrial relations strategies on major infrastructure and resource development projects throughout Australia.

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• IRSV - Advocacy Skills Series 2: Ethics and Etiquette at the FWC

  • When
    23 Jul 2025
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    5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
  • Location
    Online

  

  
  

  IRSV's 2025 Advocacy Skills Series 

  Ethics and Etiquette at the FWC

  
  

  

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• IRSV - Advocacy Skills Series 3: Appellate Advocacy at the FWC

  • When
    18 Sep 2025
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    In person

  

  
  

  IRSV's 2025 Advocacy Skills Series 

  Appellate Advocacy at the FWC

  
  

  

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• ALERA 2025 National Conference

  • Start
    9 Oct 2025
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    4:00 PM
  • End
    11 Oct 2025
  • Location
    The Star, Brisbane

  
  

  
  

  
  

  ALERA is excited to announce registrations are open for the 2025 National Conference. Join your IR colleagues in Brisbane for a standout line-up of leading voices in industrial relations, ready to share their expertise, fresh perspectives, and the latest developments shaping the field. Expect engaging discussions, interactive sessions, and plenty of opportunities to connect with professionals and leaders from across the sector.

  View the list of speakers here and program here

  When: Thursday 9^th to Saturday 11^th October

  Where: The Star, Brisbane

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