Preliminary Program
Subject to change
| Thursday 9 October 2025 | ||
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Welcome Reception Watermall, GOMA |
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| Friday 10 October 2025 | ||
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Welcome Address | Nate Burke President, Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association Welcome to Country Welcome to Queensland |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 | 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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| 11:00 – 11:30 | Morning Refreshments | |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | Fair Work Commission – Major Case Update Justice Adam Hatcher President, Fair Work Commission |
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| 12:15 – 13:00 | Psychosocial risk management: a work health and safety approach Chair: Professor Johanna Macneil Academic Director, Engagement for Social Impact, RMIT University Professor of People, Organisation and Work, RMIT University Stacey Schinnerl Queensland Branch Secretary, Australian Workers Union Vice President, Queensland Council of Unions Director, WorkCover Queensland Dr Megan Brooks Barrister, Callinan Chambers |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | 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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| 15:00 – 15:30 | Afternoon Refreshments | |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | TBC | Masterclass – general protections Stephen Mackie Barrister, Denning Chambers |
| 18:00 – 23:00 | ALERA 2025 Dinner Rivershed, Howard Smith Wharves |
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| Saturday 11 October 2025 | ||
| 09:30 – 10:15 | Race discrimination and the role of the workplace? Giri Sivaraman Race Discrimination Commissioner |
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| 10:15 – 11:00 | 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 Rebecca Pezzutti Director, IRBlots Jacqueline King General Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 | Morning Refreshments | |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | TBC | |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:15 – 14:00 | Resolving disputes in the workplace Commissioner Sharon Durham Fair Work Commission |
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| 14:00 – 15:00 | LIVE TAPING: 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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| 15:00 – 15:15 | Conference Close | Faiyaz Devjee President, Industrial Relations Society of Queensland |
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| 15:15 – 15:45 | Afternoon Refreshments | |