| Thursday 9 October 2025 | ||
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Welcome Reception Watermall, Queensland Art Gallery Stanley Place, South Brisbane First 45 minutes (only) of the Reception allows access to the gallery for this exhibition Under a Modern Sun |
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| Friday 10 October 2025 | ||
| 08:00 | The Star 33 William Street Event Centre – Level 6 Registration Desk open Arrival tea & coffee and barista open Barista service thanks to our Platinum sponsor  |
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| 09:00 – 9:30 | Welcome Address | Faiyaz Devjee President, Industrial Relations Society of Queensland Welcome to Country | Tribal Experiences |
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| 9:30 – 10:45 | Session Introduction: Alison Francis, Fletcher Building | ALERA 2025 Organising Committee Is IR productive? Chair: Professor Rae Cooper President, International Labour and Employment Relations Association Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations, The University of Sydney Panellists: Emeritus Professor Mark Bray Reviewer, Secure Jobs, Better Pay Statutory Review Emeritus Professor, Human Resource Management, University of Newcastle Shaun Schmitke Director, Workplace Relations, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Anthony Forsyth ACTU Senior Legal Officer |
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| 10:45 – 11:15 | Morning Refreshments Stop by and say hi to  |
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| 11:15 – 12:00 | Session Chair: Christa Lenard, Kingston Reid | ALERA Vice President Fair Work Commission – Major Case Update Justice Adam Hatcher President, Fair Work Commission |
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| 12:00 – 13:00 | Session Introduction: Ezra Pyers, Business Chamber Queensland | ALERA 2025 Organising Committee Psychosocial risk management: a work health and safety approach Panellists Chair: Professor Johanna Macneil Academic Director, Engagement for Social Impact, RMIT University Professor of People, Organisation and Work, RMIT University Dr Megan Brooks Barrister, Callinan Chambers Lillian Donner Senior Legal Counsel, Virgin Australia |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Stop by and say hi to |
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| 14:00 – 15:15 | Session introduction: Jane van den Herik, Curtin University | ALERA Vice President Will workplace relations become artificially intelligent? Chair: Professor Lucy Taksa Co-Editor of the Journal of Industrial Relations Professor of Management, Deakin University Panellists: Jason McQuillen Partner, Minter Ellison Consulting Heidi Cooper Chief Executive Officer, Business Chamber Queensland Brad Hayes Federal Secretary, Independent Education Union |
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| 15:15 – 15:45 | Afternoon Refreshments Stop by and say hi to |
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| 15:45 – 16:45 | Session Chair: Ben French, Griffith University | ALERA 2025 Organising Committee Masterclass – general protections Stephen Mackie Barrister, Denning Chambers |
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| 18:30 – 23:00 | ALERA 2025 Dinner Rivershed, Howard Smith Wharves Getting There Ferry transfers will depart from North Quay Ferry Terminal, just a short walk from The Star.
Please note that at the end of the evening, there will be no return ferry service. Please make your own way home. Evening Schedule
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| Saturday 11 October 2025 | ||
| 08:30 | Registration Desk open Arrival tea & coffee and barista open Barista service thanks to our Platinum sponsors |
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| 09:30 – 10:15 | Session Chair: Professor Julian Teicher, Honorary Professor, Faculty of Business and Law Deakin University & Adjunct Professor School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University | Chair, ALERA Research and Publications Subcommittee Giri Sivaraman Race Discrimination Commissioner |
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| 10:15 – 11:00 | Session Chair: Fiona Corbett, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors | ALERA 2025 Organising Committee Resolving disputes in the workplace Commissioner Sharon Durham Fair Work Commission |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 | Morning Refreshments Stop by and say hi to |
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| 11:30 – 12:45 | Session introduction: Brenton Higgins, ACT Government | ALERA Vice President Responding practically to legislative change Chair: Joanna Minchinton Head of Legal and Consulting, IRiQ Law Life Member, ALERA and Life Member, Industrial Relations Society of Queensland Panellists: Rebecca Pezzutti Director, IRBlots Jacqueline King General Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions Sally McLellan Head of Workplace Relations, BHP |
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| 12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch Stop by and say hi to |
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| 13:45 – 14:45 | Session Chair: Simon Bourne, SMB Workplace & Employment Law | ALERA Vice President Live Podcast recording: Employment law for the time poor Andrew Stewart Professor of Work and Regulation, Queensland University of Technology Emily Haar Partner, Piper Alderman Editor, University of Adelaide Law Review |
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| 14:45 – 15:00 | Conference Close | Faiyaz Devjee President, Industrial Relations Society of Queensland |
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| 15:00 – 15:30 | Afternoon RefreshmentsStop by and say hi to |
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