Retirements and Appointments

The number of Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) members holding primary appointments stands at 39 following the retirement of three members in recent months.

Commissioner Jim Simmonds retired on 1 September, Commissioner Bob Redmond on 29 September and Deputy President Nicholas Blain on 13 October 2008.

Commissioner Simmonds and Commissioner Redmond, both former national union officials, joined the AIRC in 1989 and 1994 respectively, while Deputy President Blain, an industrial relations academic and government adviser, was appointed in 2001.

In a further membership change, the heads of three state industrial tribunals recently received a dual appointment with the AIRC. The three are:

• Judge Peter Hannon, President of the Industrial Relations Commission of South Australia;
• Justice Roger Boland, President of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales; and
• Chief Commissioner Tony Beech of the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

For a full list of the AIRC’s primary and dual appointees go to the AIRC website, look under About the AIRC and then AIRC members. The direct link to the list is www.airc.gov.au/about/members/members_list.htm.