BIG TALK with the Hon Richard Marles MP

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BIG TALK with the Hon Richard Marles MP, Shadow Minister for National Reconstruction, Employment, Skills and Small Business

Overview:

BIG TALK provides an invaluable opportunity for RCSA Members to engage in small talk on big issues with key external stakeholders.

Following a brief address from the Hon Richard Marles MP, Shadow Minister for National Reconstruction, Employment, Skills and Small Business, RCSA CEO, Charles Cameron, will facilitate a Q&A session between members and Mr Marles to discuss issues of relevance to the staffing sector and to your businesses.

RCSA is keen to ensure that BIG TALK is a member-led engagement series, so we ask that you consider any questions you have for the Shadow Minister and share them with us in advance of the event.

You can submit your questions here.

We will call on members during the session to ask their question of Mr Marles directly.

If you have a question but do not wish to ask it yourself, please let us know when you submit and Charles can ask it on your behalf.

Session Date & Time: Thursday, 1 July 2021, 1:15pm - 2:15pm (AEST)

Please note: BIG TALK may not always be recorded due to the sensitive nature of the conversation and privacy of our guest speakers. We therefore encourage members to register and attend in real-time to ensure you don't miss out on this great session!

Meet the Hon Richard Marles MP:

Mr Richard Marles is the Federal Member for Corio and is the Shadow Minister for National Reconstruction, Employment, Skills and Small Business. He has been a Member of the House of Representatives since 2007.

Mr Marles has held a range of Ministerial and Shadow Ministerial roles during his time in Parliament.

Early in his parliamentary career he was the Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry, Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs. In Government, Mr Marles served as the Minister for Trade and a member of Cabinet.

More recently, Mr Marles has been the Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and the Shadow Minister for Defence before moving into his current portfolio.

Meet Charles Cameron:

Charles Cameron joined RCSA as Chief Executive in May 2016.

Prior to joining RCSA, Charles was an Equity Partner with FCB, Australia's largest dedicated workplace legal and consulting firm, before which he founded and grew his own consulting firm which specialised in lobbying and risk management with the recruitment and employment services industry. He gained invaluable experience working with IPA, one of Australia's most established recruitment firms, where he was the Workplace Relations and Safety Manager, as well as 7 years working as an Advisor and Advocate for Australian Industry Group.

In additional to his successful professional services career, Charles founded a tech start up in 2006, which continues to successfully services the recruitment market today.