The 2008 Foenander Lecture: Forward with Fairness - A Business Perspective on Labor's Reform Agenda.

PRESENTER: John W.H. Denton
TOPIC: Forward with Fairness - A Business Perspective on Labor's Reform Agenda.
TIME: 6.30pm
DATE: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
VENUE: The Prince Phillip Theatre, Architecture, Building and Planning Building, University of Melbourne.
PARKING: Casual parking is available on campus for $5.00
SEMINAR CONTACT: (foenander-lecture@unimelb.edu.au)
Attachments: Foenander23-6-08.pdf(500 KB);

Abstract:
The Rudd Government came to office with a new industrial relations agenda and has established the Business Advisory Group as a key consultative body for the development of the substantive legislation to implement its ‘Forward with Fairness’ industrial relations policy. In this lecture, Denton will highlight the aspects of the Government’s proposed new workplace relations system that matter most to larger employers – and that will enable them to obtain the flexibility they need to maintain a competitive advantage. He will also indicate the policy challenges before the new Government in translating its policy into legislation.

Brief Biography:
John W.H. Denton is Partner & Chief Executive Officer of leading Australian law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He is also one of the country’s most respected experts on labour law. He was recently appointed Chairman of the Australian Federal Government’s Business Advisory Group on Workplace Relations, is Councillor and Chairman of the Trade & International Taskforce for the Business Council of Australia, and is a founding member of the Australian Institute for Public Policy. He has advised business and government on a wide range of industrial relations issues, provided strategy advice on major power privatisations, mining and maritime labour negotiations, and corporate restructuring in a range of industries including manufacturing and airlines.

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