Irene Moss Explained

Irene Kwong Moss (born December 9, 1948) is an Australian solicitor and former public servant.

She graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts (Government) and a Bachelor of Laws and from Harvard Law School with a Master of Laws, and became a solicitor at the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. Moss was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of New South Wales.[1]

After some time working for the New South Wales anti-discrimination board, she was the Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission from 1986 to 1994.[2] She was the New South Wales ombudsman from 1995, and from 1999 to 2004 was the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.[3] She has been a board member for various organisations, including becoming the chair of the free speech organisation Australia's Right To Know, a coalition of major Australian media organisations in 2007.[4] Moss has also led a number of Government inquiries. Moss chaired the Sax Institute, a Sydney-based public health and health research organisation, from 2006 to 2018.

She is married to the former chief executive of Macquarie Bank, Allan Moss.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Honorary Degree and Fellowship holders - UNSW Sydney. 2021-08-12. www.unsw.edu.au.
  2. Web site: CEW . 5 November 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091002052403/http://www.cew.org.au/index.cfm?apg=membership&bpg=profilemember&aid=59 . 2 October 2009 . dead .
  3. http://www.usyd.edu.au/senate/moss.shtml Fellow of Senate – Senate – The University of Sydney
  4. https://archive.today/20120729084638/http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20070523-Irene-Moss-to-fight-for-Australias-right-to-know-.html Crikey - Irene Moss to fight for Australia’s right to know? - Irene Moss to fight for Australia’s right to know?