Rawson, Craig
Senior Executive Lawyer
An expert in workplace relations and employment law, Craig acts in proceedings relating to workplace relations, work health and safety, and employment, the Fair Work Act 2009, the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 and the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. This includes seeking penalties for contraventions of these Acts and their antecedents, as well as in unfair dismissal matters, seeking revocation of union entry permits and disputes before the Fair Work Commission. He also has considerable experience in judicial and merits review of government decisions.
Craig has experience in industrial and bargaining disputes and disputes arising under Enterprise Agreements. Craig has advised a range of Commonwealth agencies on obligations under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013, and assisting Commonwealth agencies with inquiries by the Commonwealth Ombudsman into the handling of such investigations.
He is a popular and frequent presenter at AGS Employment Law Conference and other events and training seminars for our Commonwealth clients.
He has received 3 AGS and Attorney-General’s Department Australia Day Awards – for his work on the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry; the Tampa litigation against the Commonwealth; and responses to applications for urgent transfer from Nauru and other locations on medical grounds.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Economics, Monash University, 1991
Bachelor of Laws, Monash University, 1994