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Marie Brown MGA’s National Legal Counsel retires Commencing in 2007 and after almost 15 years as MGA’s National IR Legal Counsel - Marie Brown has decided to leave the day-to-day challenges and member interactions of MGA to pursue her many other interests in life.
Over the past many years, Marie has endeared herself to many of you, our members around Australia, by going out of her way to help and assist with a myriad of workplace issues and matters that confronted you, our member. Members have often commented, “Marie is one of the most positive and resilient people I have ever met and someone I can always rely upon.” Marie has been the long-standing cornerstone of the MGA organisation and has been an absolute steady “rock” in times of challenge and adversity, as well as a driver of MGA success. Through Marie’s herculean efforts over the journey to where we are today, the MGA IR and Employment Law team has grown an extraordinarily high profile within our industry sector, becoming the envy of other industry organisations. MGA’s culture of “how can I help?” is exemplified in Marie’s everyday work life. Small, medium and large-sized businesses members have become accustomed to Marie’s can-do attitude and commitment to assisting with the myriad of workplace issues set before her. There have been countless achievements over the years; including reducing Sunday Penalty Rates from 200% to 150%, Annual Wage Reviews, Competition
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Law Reform, engaging with the Fair Work Commission on various matters and being invited to participate in the former Attorney General and Minister for Industrial Relations IR Reform Working Groups in 2020 and 2021. Marie’s legacy will not be lost – We have a formidable, dedicated and skilful Industrial Relations and Employment law team comprising of 4 lawyers, and I am pleased to announce that Marie won’t be completely lost from MGA.
Marie has agreed to remain with MGA in a mentoring, guiding and coaching capacity for the IR Team, one day per week for the foreseeable future. Please join me in warmly congratulating Marie for the over and above professional service and support she has given to all our valued members and MGA over almost 15 years. We wish Marie and Ian well in their new journey of life outside of MGA.
