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The Australian Higher Education Industrial Association is the employer association for the higher education sector, registered under the Federal Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009. Our membership currently comprises 35 universities.

Our office is located in the Melbourne CBD and we employ a team of highly mobile specialist consultants who travel frequently to service our member needs.

AHEIA provides advice, assistance and representation to its members on workplace relations matters, including appearing for members in proceedings before the Fair Work Commission, on either an individual or collective basis, and in internal disciplinary proceedings.

AHEIA provides a range of learning and development services, including a suite of workplace relations training programs, leadership development programs and wellbeing programs specifically designed for university staff. The Association designs bespoke and customised programs for ‘in-house’ delivery as well as offering training workshops throughout the year in all mainland State capital cities.

AHEIA is heavily involved in assisting members with their enterprise bargaining, including through facilitating the sharing of information between members on bargaining developments in the sector as they unfold.

We make formal submissions on behalf of our members to Government and Parliamentary inquiries on workplace relations matters, and provide public commentary on workplace relations matters affecting our members.

AHEIA Members

Membership of AHEIA is open to all Australian universities and colleges of advanced education established under State, Commonwealth or Territory legislation. AHEIA’s current members are listed below.


Australian Catholic University

Australian Catholic University
Website

Australian National University

Australian National University
Website

Bond University

Bond University

Charles Darwin University

Charles Darwin University
Website

Charles Sturt University

Charles Sturt University
Website

CQ University

CQ University
Website

Curtin University

Curtin University
Website

Deakin University

Deakin University
Website

Edith Cowan University

Edith Cowan University
Website

Federation University of Australia

Federation University of Australia
Website

Griffith University

Griffith University
Website

James Cook University

James Cook University
Website

Macquarie University

Macquarie University
Website

Monash University

Monash University
Website

Murdoch University

Murdoch University
Website

Queensland University of Technology

Queensland University of Technology
Website

RMIT University

RMIT University
Website

Southern Cross University

Southern Cross University
Website

Swinburne University of Technology

Swinburne University of Technology
Website

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AHEIA Executive Committee

Professor Carolyn Evans


AHEIA President

Professor Carolyn Evans


AHEIA President

Griffith University

Professor Zlatko Skrbis


AHEIA Vice-President

Professor Zlatko Skrbis


AHEIA Vice-President

Australian Catholic University

Professor Pascale Quester


Executive Committee Member

Professor Pascale Quester


Swinburne University of Technology

Professor Alex Zelinsky AO


Executive Committee Member

Professor Alex Zelinsky AO


The University of Newcastle

Professor Renée Leon


Executive Committee Member

Professor Renée Leon


Charles Sturt University

Jane Booth


Executive Committee Member

Jane Booth


University of South Australia

Downloads

AHEIA Strategic Plan 2021-2024
AHEIA Rules
AHEIA Interim Report 2024
AHEIA Annual Report 2023
AHEIA Annual Report 2022
AHEIA Annual Report 2021
AHEIA Annual Report 2020
AHEIA Annual Report 2019
AHEIA Annual Report 2018
AHEIA Annual Report 2017
AHEIA Annual Report 2016
AHEIA Annual Report 2015
AHEIA Annual Report 2014
AHEIA Annual Report 2013
AHEIA Annual Report 2012

AHEIA Team

Led by Executive Director Craig Laughton, AHEIA's team includes experts from the industrial relations, HR, legal, events and learning and capability disciplines.