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XXXth Conference ProgrammeFrom Plato to Julia: Australia's Workers and their Guardians401 Collins Street Melbourne (Click here for Conference Registration Application) The Copeman Medal will be presented to Graeme Kirk, the hero of the High Court's judgment in Kirk v. Workcover. The Medal will be presented by Paul Houlihan and the dinner speaker will be Malcolm Davis, the lawyer who did the hard slog in getting the case to the High Court and to its far-reaching outcome Conference opens at 8:45 Session I: The Great Dilemma. Regulating the workplace 9:00 From Plato to Julia Ray Evans 9:45 The Experience of the ABCC John Lloyd 10:30 Morning Tea Session II: Western Australia: Going it Alone 11:00 Graeme Keirath 12:30 Lunch Session III: Burying Work Choices 13:30 Stuart Wood 14:15 Henry Skene Session IV: Destroying Independent Contractors 15:00 Using the tax regime to wipe out independent contractors Ken Phillips 15:45 Afternoon tea Session V. Trade Unions - the battle to survive 16:15 David Gregory 17:00 Grace Collier 17:45 Steve Knott (TBC) 18:30 Adjournment 19:00 for 19:30 Dinner Dinner speaker: Senator Eric Abetz, Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations |
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