Cultivate your future-ready workplace

Industrial relations in Queensland are changing rapidly and navigating those changes to cultivate a high-performing and harmonious workplace is the key to your business’s future success.

Following a successful event in Brisbane, our Workplace Relations Conference is coming to Townsville! Join us to hear from leading academics and workplace experts, gain practical advice on new IR reforms, and connect with peers to share insights and solutions.

Event details:

Date: Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm

Venue: Mercure Hotel, Townsville

Address: 166-194 Woolcock Street Service Rd, Currajong

Tickets:

All day admission:

Business Chamber Queensland member price: $95+GST

Non-member price: $135 + GST

Ticket prices do not include GST. Terms and conditions apply, see here.

To access Business Chamber Queensland member priced tickets, enter the email address associated with your membership. Access codes are only to be redeemed once. Please contact the Business Chamber Queensland's marketing team at marketing@businesschamberqld.com.au for any assistance. Tickets are non-refundable. Ticket prices are GST inclusive.

Meet your speakers:

Professor Andrew Stewart
Professor of Work and Regulation, Queensland University of Technology

Andrew Stewart is a Professor of Work and Regulation at QUT and a leading expert with decades of experience in employment law and workplace relations. He is also a consultant to the national law firm Piper Alderman, and the author of popular texts Stewart’s Guide to Employment Law and Creighton & Stewart’s Labour Law.

Ingrid Asbury
Vice President, Fair Work Commission

Ms Ingrid Asbury is a Vice President of the Fair Work Commission. Prior to her appointment as Vice President, Ms Asbury was a Deputy President of the Commission from 2013. Ms Asbury is the Chairperson of the Northern Territory Policy Arbitral Tribunal. Ms Asbury was appointed Commissioner of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission in 2000 and has been a Member of the Fair Work Commission and its predecessors since 2001. Prior to her appointment to the QIRC, Ms Asbury was the National Industry Group Manager for the Australian Industry Group.

More speakers to be announced soon!

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