Industrial Relations Society of New South Wales - Newcastle Branch

Join us for our 2026 Annual General Meeting!
Marian Baird, Professor of Gender and Employment Relations at University of Sydney will be joining us as keynote speaker for our Diversity in Industrial Relations special.
We will also be joined by Kirra Morris, 2025 student of our Mark Bray Bursary Program, along with her host employers Martin Sainsbury and Ruth Hartmann of University of Newcastle to discuss how the university works with their employees on accessibility.

📅 Friday 31 July 2026
⏲️ 12.00pm - 3.00pm
🏚️ Merewether Surfhouse
🎟️ https://lnkd.in/gJtp-83K

Join us for our 2026 Annual General Meeting!

Marian Baird, Professor of Gender and Employment Relations at University of Sydney will be joining us as keynote speaker for our Diversity in Industrial Relations special.

We will also be joined by Kirra Morris, 2025 student of our Mark Bray Bursary Program, along with her host employers Martin Sainsbury and Ruth Hartmann of University of Newcastle to discuss how the university works with their employees on accessibility.

📅 Friday 31 July 2026
⏲️ 12.00pm - 3.00pm
🏚️ Merewether Surfhouse
🎟️ https://lnkd.in/gJtp-83K

Join us for our 2026 Annual General Meeting!

Marian Baird, Professor of Gender and Employment Relations at University of Sydney will be joining us as keynote speaker for our Diversity in Industrial Relations special.

We will also be joined by Kirra Morris, 2025 student of our Mark Bray Bursary Program, along with her host employers Martin Sainsbury and Ruth Hartmann of University of Newcastle to discuss how the university works with their employees on accessibility.

📅 Friday 31 July 2026
⏲️ 12.00pm - 3.00pm
🏚️ Merewether Surfhouse
🎟️ https://irsnsw.org.au/event-6735113

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Photos from the Finnegan Rudd Memorial Luncheon | Friday 15 May 2026

On Friday 15th May we held our annual Finnegan Rudd Memorial Luncheon. Thank you for Elise Delpiano for joining us as Keynote Speaker!

Please join us for the annual Finnegan Rudd Memorial Luncheon!

📅 Friday 15 May
⏰ 12.00pm - 3.00pm
🏚️ Noah's on the Beach, Newcastle
🎟️ https://irsnsw.org.au/event-6634250

Our keynote speaker is Elise Delpiano, National Legal Officer at the Mining and Energy Union. An experienced employment and industrial relations lawyer, she has led the MEU’s landmark Same Job, Same Pay case against BHP’s in-house labour hire arm Operations Services and several other Same Job, Same Pay cases in the Fair Work Commission. She assists MEU members with a wide range of employment and industrial relations matters, including in the Commission and Courts.

Prior to her role at the MEU, Elise led the Health Services Union’s Aged Care Work Value Case which resulted in increases to minimum award wages of up to 28.5% for aged care workers. She was also Associate to (now) President Hatcher of the Fair Work Commission.

We are pleased to announce our second event for 2026 - the Finnegan Rudd Memorial Luncheon!

Date: Friday 15 May
Time: 12.00pm - 3.00pm
Venue: Noah's on the Beach, Newcastle
Tickets: https://irsnsw.org.au/event-6634250

Our keynote speaker is Elise Delpiano, National Legal Officer at the Mining and Energy Union. An experienced employment and industrial relations lawyer, she has led the MEU’s landmark Same Job, Same Pay case against BHP’s in-house labour hire arm Operations Services and several other Same Job, Same Pay cases in the Fair Work Commission. She assists MEU members with a wide range of employment and industrial relations matters, including in the Commission and Courts.

Prior to her role at the MEU, Elise led the Health Services Union’s Aged Care Work Value Case which resulted in increases to minimum award wages of up to 28.5% for aged care workers. She was also Associate to (now) President Hatcher of the Fair Work Commission.