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Management Committee





The Society’s Management Committee is elected by its members each year at the Society’s AGM. The Committee meets regularly to discuss the activities of the Society – both planned and to be planned, as well as general industrial relations and membership matters.

The Committee is made up for representatives from private practice, government, unions, employer organisations, the tertiary sector and the legal profession.

The current Committee is listed below.

Patron

 

John Payne

Principal

Hall Payne Lawyers


Executive

PRESIDENT

Faiyaz Devjee
Head of Human Resources
Equans


Immediate Past President

Nate Burke
Director
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

VICE PRESIDENT (EMPLOYER)


Alison Francis

Workplace Relations Manager

Fletcher Building Australia


Vice President (EMPLOYEE)

Aaron Watson
Growth Organiser
Independant Education Union (QLD & NT Branch)


Vice President (Other)

Lydia Daly
Partner
McCullough Roberston Lawyers


Secretary

Julia Grant-Vicig
Manager, Industrial Relations
Queensland Government

Treasurer


Dr Ben French

Course Convenor/Lecturer
Griffith University

General Committee


Employer representative


Ezra Pyers-Tuarerewa

Manager – Workplace Relations

Business Chamber Queensland


Employer
Representative


Mo Mulenga

Specialist Consultant, Employee Relations

Origin Energy


Employee
Representative


Kait Teague

Industrial Officer

Electrical Trades Union

Employee
Representative


VACANT

Legal Profession Representative


Calum Woods

Senior Associate
Lander & Rogers


Government Representative (State)


Joanne Webb

Legal Counsel

West Moreton Hospitals & Health Service


Government Representative (Commonwealth)

Samantha Ramsay

Senior Lawyer

Australian Human Rights Commission


Tertiary Academic Representative

Susan Ressia

Senior Lecturer

Griffith University


Student Representative

VACANT

General Member


Ashleigh North

Manager
Queensland Health


General Member

Daniel Pfrunder

General Manager People, Safety & Risk
HQPlantations

General Member


Richard Diqer

Senior Associate
Collin Biggers & Paisley


General Member


Leanne Dearlove

Special Counsel
Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers


Past Presidents of the Society

2023: Vaishi Rajanayagam, Independent Education Union (QLD & NT Branch)

2019 – 2023: Nate Burke, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

2015 – 2019: Jo McConnell, Together Queensland

2012 – 2015: Joanna Minchinton, Queensland Hotels Association (ALERA President 2014)

2010 – 2012: Dale Himstedt, DERM

2008 – 2010: Pat Knight, Leighton Abigroup Joint Venure

2006 – 2008: Tom Shultz, Bacon Factories Union

2004 – 2006: Cheryl-Anne Laird, Livingstones (ALERA President 2005)

2002 – 2004: Peter Garske, Queensland Trucking Association


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