Commissioner Alison McRobert

Commissioner Alison McRobert was appointed to the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in 2025.  Commissioner McRobert was admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales as a solicitor in 2001.

Before being appointed to the Commission , the Commissioner had more than 20 years’ experience as a solicitor in both private practice and for industrial organisations specialising in employment law, industrial relations law, public sector employment law and work health and safety matters. Immediately prior to her appointment the Commissioner was the Legal Counsel for the NSW Public Service Association and Professional Officers Association Amalgamated Union of NSW (PSA) and the Association and the Community and Public Sector Union NSW (CPSU) and had been a member of the Board of the Legal Aid Commission NSW where she served for many years.