Industrial relations and employment lawyer with a deep connection to the Australian union movement, and commitment to advocating for working people.
I pride myself on the ability to provide frank and clear advice to clients, union members and union executives across all types of matters, with a strong interest in union rules. I am also a passionate advocate for the safety, advancement and equitable treatment of women in and outside the workforce.
Professional Qualifications and Admissions
- 2015, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, College of Law
- 2015, Bachelor of Arts (Politics) & Bachelor of Laws, Macquarie University
Career History
- 2025, Legal Counsel, Industrial and Employment, Slater and Gordon
- 2017-2025, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation – NSW Branch
- Led a team of lawyers and industrial officers in the union’s historic public sector wages claim in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, including on grounds of gender-based undervaluation (decision pending).
- Responsible for advising and implementing amendments to the union’s organisational rules.
- Carried the union’s legislative gender equity reform, including presenting to the United Nations Working Group: Discrimination Against Women and Girls (February 2025).
- Represented the union and its members across the Federal Court of Australia, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Fair Work Commission, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Australian Human Rights Commission and Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW.
- Individual and collective matters involving industrial action, Award/Enterprise Agreement interpretation, unfair dismissal, underpayments, redundancy, misconduct, sexual harassment, general protections, injured workers, disputes, contract review, rights of pregnant employees, parental leave and discrimination due to disability, age, carer’s responsibilities, race and sexual orientation.
- 2017-2018, Part-time secondment, Australian Council of Trade Unions
- 2016-2017, Executive Legal Advisor, Maritime Union of Australia
- 2013-2016, Law Clerk/Lawyer (Dust Diseases and Comcare), Slater and Gordon Lawyers
Memberships and Associations
- 2025 Executive member of Unions Lawyers and Industrial Officers
- United Services Union
- NSW Law Society