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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' studied Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), attaining his Chemical Engineering Degree in 1964. Twenty years later he completed a Masters degree in Commerce, graduating with Honours from UNSW. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' studied Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), attaining his Chemical Engineering Degree in 1964. Twenty years later he completed a Masters degree in Commerce, graduating with Honours from UNSW. | ||
Revision as of 13:51, 22 November 2023
Peter Robson studied Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), attaining his Chemical Engineering Degree in 1964. Twenty years later he completed a Masters degree in Commerce, graduating with Honours from UNSW.
Peter’s long and distinguished career in Australian industry started in the glass industry. He was an engineer in Australian and Asian manufacturing firms at both operational and senior executive levels. However, after meeting the then leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Bob Hawke, Peter joined the Australian Trade Union movement and in a career turn-around quickly rose to become the National Secretary for the Community and Public Sector Union, Australia's largest union at the time. Between 1978 and 1995 Peter held many senior positions with the ACTU including being President, Asia-Pacific Executive of the Public Sector Unions.
Peter has held a number of executive and Chair positions within key industry and advisory bodies from the 1970s to the present day, including with the Australian Manufacturing Council; the Ministerial Committee reviewing the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry Assistance Scheme; the National Procurement Board; the Jackson Committee (which advised Cabinet on manufacturing industries); the Australian Industry Development Corporation Ltd; the Industry Research and Development Board; CEA Technologies Pty Ltd; the Turnkey Group and the NSW Wine Industry Advisory Board.[1]
Broad Left Conference initiators
The original initiative for the The Broad Left Conference came from a group of 11 in Sydney who in August 1985 sent a letter asking over 300 people to publically sponsor the conference.
The 11 initiators were George Campbell, Pat Clancy, Peter Robson, Barbara Murphy, Meredith Burgmann, Brian Aarons, Ken McLeod, Ted Wheelwright and Nando Lelli.[2]
Broad Left Conference panel
Speakers at The Broad Left Conference The Accord session were:
The Broad Left Conference
The Communist Party of Australia, Association for Communist Unity and others organized The Broad Left Conference, which was held 1986 28th-31st March, at the NEW SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Broadway, Sydney.
Peter Robson was among the list of sponsors.