"Implications of the latest amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act for industrial relations practitioners.

Significant amendments to both the Fair Work Act and the Sex Discrimination Act were recently passed by Federal Parliament and are to be enacted soon. 

Keynote Speaker

Penny Thew, Barrister - Greenway Chambers, will provide an update on the implications of these changes for industrial relations practitioners to be prepared for these changes."

Penny Thew is a specialist employment, discrimination and industrial law barrister. She has expertise in matters arising under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW), as well as in claims involving discrimination law, contractual disputes and restraints of trade.

Session Moderator

Professor/Barrister Reg Graycar

Reg commenced practising at the Bar in 2007, after a distinguished academic career, in which she had been a Professor of Law at both the University of Sydney and UNSW. She has also held a number of visiting professorial appointments at law schools in the USA, Canada, South Africa, and France and from 2012, has been Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Sydney.

She was a full time Law Reform Commissioner for NSW and a part time member of the Australian Law Reform Commission, and also served on a number of tribunals and government advisory bodies.

She has advised on a diverse range of legal issues and has appeared in the Supreme Court of NSW (and the NSW Court of Appeal), the Federal Court of Australia (and the Full Federal Court), the High Court of Australia, the Land and Environment Court, the AAT, the Federal Circuit Court, the Full Family Court, The Fair Work Commission, the Industrial Relations Commission, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Complimentary for Members. Non members $40 plus GST

Bookings Close 25th October

The link for the webinar will be sent 24 hrs before the event