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The Hon Professor Geoffrey Giudice AO

Geoff Giudice studied law and arts at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1970. He spent nine years working in industry, before beginning to practise as a solicitor in 1979. He was admitted to the Bar in Victoria in 1984. As a barrister, he specialised in industrial relations and employment law. He was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia in 1997. At the same time, he became the President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. In 2009, when the Commission was replaced by the newly-established Fair Work Australia, he was appointed its first President. Geoff retired from this position in February 2012.
Alongside his appointment with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations law Geoff has a number of other roles including consultant to Ashurst Australia, Chair of the Independent Review Panel under the Gambling Regulation Act (Vic), Chair of Catholic Professional Standards Ltd. and is a chair of the AFL Tribunal. He has a special interest in workplace relations legislative policy-making.