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• IRSV's Advocacy Course 2025

  • Start
    20 Aug 2025
  • End
    6 Sep 2025
  • Location
    Melbourne
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  NOTE: The 2025 Course is now fully subscribed. If you were intending to register, please join the waiting list for any cancellations and priority entry into the 2026 program.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  The Industrial Relations Society of Victoria is pleased to announce that its popular Advocacy Training Program will run again in 2025.

  The program is a skill-based program directed at advocacy skills for appearances in the Fair Work Commission. The program is a great opportunity for new advocates looking to learn and obtain practical experience and experienced advocates seeking to refresh their skills.

  The IRSV Course is presented by Chris O'Grady QC and Brian Lacy AO, Barrister and former Senior Deputy President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

  Limited spots are available, and preference will be given to IRSV Members.

  PRICING

  Members - $2,250.00 inc GST

  Non Members - $2,500.00 inc GST

  Costs include course material, catering and refreshments

  DATES

  20 and 27 August 2025 from 6.00pm - 9.00pm (Victoria University, Tower Campus, located at 370 Little Lonsdale Street).
  

  30 August and 6 September 2025 from 9.00am - 4.00pm (at the Fair Work Commission)

  
  

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• Appellate Advocacy at the FWC and Springtime Member Catchup Drinks with the Industrial Bar Association

  • When
    18 Sep 2025
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    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    RACV City Club, Club Pavillion (Level 2), 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne
  • Spaces left
    59

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  IRSV's 2025 Advocacy Skills Series 

  Appellate Advocacy at the FWC

  & Springtime member catchup drinks with the Industrial Bar Association 

  
  

  Our final installment of our 2025 Advocacy Series will be an in person event with the Hon Dr Iain Ross AO giving a seminar on Appellate Advocacy in the Fair Work Commission.

  Iain Ross AO is known to all of us: he was the President of the Fair Work Commission between 2012 and 2022, and was a Vice President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission between 1994 and 2006.  His judicial career has also included appointments to the Federal Court of Australia, Supreme Court of Victoria,  ACT Supreme Court, County Court of Victoria, and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. 

  Throughout that career, Iain has presided over countless appeals - be that in the FWC, AIRC, the ACT Court of Appeal, Victorian Court of Appeal or the Federal Court of Australia. 

  He is, therefore, one of the most qualified people in Australia to provide insight into how to persuade an appellate bench. 

  Do not miss this opportunity!

  Catch-up drinks with members of the Industrial Bar Association will follow the seminar.  

  Leigh Howard (of the Victorian Bar) has kindly agreed to chair the evening.

  
  

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• ALERA National Conference, Brisbane

  • Start
    9 Oct 2025
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    9:00 AM
  • End
    11 Oct 2025
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    5:00 PM
  • Location
    The Star, Brisbane

   

  ALERA is excited to announce registrations are open for the 2025 National Conference.

  When: Thursday 9^th to Saturday 11^th October

  Where: The Star, Brisbane
  

  
  

  Join your IR colleagues in Brisbane for a standout line-up of leading voices in industrial relations, ready to share their expertise, fresh perspectives, and the latest developments shaping the field. Expect engaging discussions, interactive sessions, and plenty of opportunities to connect with professionals and leaders from across the sector.

  View the list of speakers here and program here

  Link for speakers https://aleraconference.com.au/speakers/

  Link for program https://aleraconference.com.au/program/

  Link to register now https://aleraconference.com.au/registration/

  
  

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