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• ALERA Unfair Dismissal Webinar - Termination of Employment: Why Choose Unfair Dismissal Over Other Options

  • When
    30 October 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Webinar

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  ALERA, together with our State and Territory societies, is pleased to present the final National professional development masterclass in our Unfair Dismissal series.

  Join us for the fourth and final session: Termination of Employment: Why Choose Unfair Dismissal Over Other Options

  Speakers:

  Deputy President Andrew Bell, Fair Work Commission

  
  

  Deputy President Andrew Bell is a member of the Fair Work Commission, based in Victoria. He has been a member of the Commission in that role since taking office in January 2022. Since 2025, he had also performed the administrative role of Deputy Regional Coordinator. Prior to his appointment at the Commission, he was barrister at the Victorian Bar, where he had practised since 2010 primarily in industrial relations and employment law.

  Joel Zyngier, Gilchrist Connell

  
  

  Joel is the national head of Gilchrist Connell’s Workplace practice. He has extensive experience in workplace relations and safety law, and in 2012 was certified by the Law Institute of Victoria as an Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations. Joel advises and represents employers and senior executives across all types of employment law matters. He also acts for employers and individuals in response to investigations and prosecutions by work health and safety regulators. However, notwithstanding his extensive experience as a Workplace lawyer, Joel’s most vigorous negotiation opponents to date remain his teenage daughters.

  Nick Wilson as MC

  
  

  Nick has significant workplace relations and compliance experience, having been a Commissioner in the Fair Work Commission for 12 years until May 2025, working across all types of Fair Work Act matters, collective and individual, private and public sector.  Before appointment to the Fair Work Commission he was a Commonwealth Agency Head for a decade, including as the first Fair Work Ombudsman, forming and leading Australia’s ground-breaking workplace information and compliance agency.  

  
  

  Hosted by:  Industrial Relations Society of Victoria (IRSV)

  This webinar will feature a live Q&A, giving members the chance to engage directly with leading experts in industrial relations.

  When: Thursday, 30 October 2025

  Where: Zoom Webinar (Online)

  Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM (AEST)

  Cost: Complimentary for all IRS members nationally

            Non-members $40.00

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• IRSNSW 2025 AGM and Patron's Lunch

  • When
    06 November 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Members Dining Room NSW Parliament House
  • Spaces left
    17

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  2025 AGM & Patron's Lunch THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2025

  Members Dining Room Parliament House

  
  

  Program

  11.45am  IRSNSW AGM registration commences

  12.00pm  IRSNSW AGM commences

  12.45pm  Patron's Lunch commences

  3.00pm    Patron's Lunch concludes

  
  

  
  

  AGM

  Information for members about the AGM is available on the website at IRSNSW committee reports. We invite members to consider nominating for a committee position using the nomination form in the link by 4pm Thursday 30 October 2025. Please note, as this is a members only page, members will need to login to access this material.

  Attendance at the AGM only has no cost, a cost only applies if you are attending lunch.
  

  
  

  PATRON'S LUNCH  

  The AGM and Patron’s Lunch will feature a panel discussion with our Patron, Anna Booth (Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman) and Justice Adam Hatcher (President of the Fair Work Commission), facilitated by IRSNSW President, Christa Lenard. 

  The panel will discuss the more inclusive, often tripartite, approaches being taken by the two Fair Work entities in carrying out their respective functions.

  
  

  SPEAKERS

  Anna Booth, Fair Work Ombudsman, and IRSNSW Patron

  

  Anna Booth was appointed as Fair Work Ombudsman in September 2023 for a 5-year term.

  She has extensive and diverse experience in industrial relations spanning more than 45 years, working with unions, private, and public sectors. Anna was most recently Director of CoSolve Pty Ltd. She returned to CoSolve in 2020 after serving as a Deputy President of the Fair Work Commission for 8 years. Before her appointment to the Fair Work Commission, Anna combined her CoSolve directorship with non-executive directorships of ME Bank and IFM and was the non-executive chair of Slater & Gordon Ltd.

  Anna spent much of her early career in the union movement. She was the National Secretary of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia and a Vice President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

  Anna has also been Vice President Corporate Affairs at Sydney Harbour Casino and a lecturer at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and the Australian Institute of Management. She has served on the boards of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and NRMA Ltd.

  She is an accredited mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System, and holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Sydney.

  Anna is the current Patron of the Industrial Relations Society of NSW.

  
  

  The Hon Justice Adam Hatcher

  
  

  Justice Hatcher was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia on 9 February 2023 and President of the Fair Work Commission on 19 February 2023. Prior to this appointment, he was Vice President of the Commission from April 2013.

  He was admitted to the bar in 1997 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2010, and was a member of HB Higgins Chambers in Sydney until his appointment to the Fair Work Commission.  As a barrister he specialised in industrial relations and employment law, occupational health and safety law, anti-discrimination law and administrative law.

  Prior to that, Justice Hatcher was Chief Legal Advisor with the NSW Branch of the Transport Workers’ Union.

  He graduated from the University of Sydney with degrees in Arts and Law and was admitted as a solicitor in 1987.

  He was employed as Legal Officer, then Chief Legal Advisor to the NSW Branch of the Transport Workers’ Union from 1988 until 1996.

  
  

  ENTRY TO PARLIAMENT HOUSE

  Entry to Parliament House is via the security gatehouse on Macquarie Street. Upon entry to security gatehouse, in addition to usual security screening processes, all visitors will need to check in via a QR Code via Service NSW app.

  
  

  COST (excl GST)

  Members $105  
  Non-Members $155  
  AGM Only (no lunch) $0

  
  

  
  

  • If you are not able to pay online at the time of booking and need to pay by EFT, your reservation cannot be confirmed until a copy of your payment receipt has been sent to membership@irsnsw.org.au.

  • Places are limited so please book early.  Bookings will close 30 October.

  • Members who book for the AGM only should note that lunch is not included in this option.

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• Meet the Commission and End of Year Member Drinks - Save the date

  • When
    13 November 2025
  • Location
    NSW IRC

  
  

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• SERRG Event: Skills Masterclass – How to build collaborative and productive workplaces

  • When
    20 November 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    The Refectory, Level 5, Belinda Hutchinson Building (H70), University of Sydney Business School

  
  

  The Sydney Employment Relations Research Group (SERRG) is hosting a masterclass on skills to build collaborative and productive workplaces and resolve conflict. This full-day workshop, facilitated by Members of the Fair Work Commission, will bring together leading practitioners, academics, and policymakers to explore practical tools for building more collaborative and productive and harmonious workplaces.

  Date:         Thursday, 20 November 2025
  Location:  The Refectory, Level 5, Belinda Hutchinson Building (H70),
                    University of Sydney Business School
  Time:         9:30 am – 4:00 pm
  Cost:         Complimentary

  Morning tea and lunch provided.

  The program includes:

  • An introduction to interest-based problem solving and the Fair Work Commission’s Collaborative Approaches Program
  • Case studies and panel discussions featuring government, union, and employer representatives
  • Skills sessions on reframing, active listening, and constructive problem solving with Members of the Fair Work Commission

  The event aligns with recent remarks by the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Hon Amanda Rishworth MP, who emphasised the importance of constructive dialogue and tripartism in fostering fair, safe, and productive workplaces. Harmonising workplace practices and strengthening collaborative skills are key to Australia’s future economic and social prosperity.

  Whether you are a bargaining specialist, HR professional, union representative, or policy advisor, this masterclass offers a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of interest-based approaches and connect with peers across sectors.

  Places are limited, so early registration is necessary to avoid disappointment.

  

  Enquiries

  For more information please contact:

  Shveta Sharma on shveta.sharma@sydney.edu.au 
  or
  Alex Veen on alex.veen@sydney.edu.au

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