Invitation - Laffer Lecture, University of Sydney

IRSNSW members are invited to attend this year’s Annual Kingsley Laffer Memorial Lecture delivered by our Patron, Anna Booth, Fair Work Ombudsman

Anna Booth commenced her 5-year appointment as Fair Work Ombudsman on 1 September 2023.

Anna has extensive and diverse experience in industrial relations spanning 45 years, working with unions, private, and public  sectors. From 2012 to 2020 Anna served as the Deputy President in the Fair Work Commission (FWC); Australia’s workplace relations tribunal. She was instrumental in setting up the FWC’s Collaborative Approaches Program, formally known as the New Approaches Program.

Prior to taking up her role as Deputy President at the FWC, Anna was Chair and a non-executive member of the Slater and Gordon board. She held this role since the law firm’s listing on the ASX in 2007. Anna also sat on various boards, including the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and insurer NRMA, as well as industry superannuation owned financial services companies ME Bank and IFM. Anna has taught at the Australian Institute of Management and lectured at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.

Booking is essential by 8th of August 2024

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