Industry Participation

Seminars

• Commonwealth Government Forum, Canberra – Annual seminars exploring developments in federal law and practice
• Comcare Agency Training Seminar, Sydney – Rehabilitation Cases and Early Intervention – April 2005
• Comcare Early Intervention Rehabilitation Presentation, Canberra – 2005 Comcare National Conference
• Comcare OHS Prosecution Training, Canberra – 2006 Comcare National Conference
• Privacy and Freedom of Information law seminars for the Commonwealth, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide – 2007 to 2008

Other participation

• Government Procurement Round Table Discussion Group, Department of Finance and Administration.
• Commonwealth Industrial Research and Development Tax Concession Committee
• Industry Research and Development Board
• IIR Conference on Structural Reform of Government Business Enterprises
• On behalf of the Australian Government, DibbsBarker consultant Rob Sauer visited bodies such as the Department of Treasury in the United States, the Department of Finance Revenue in Canada and the Departments of Research and Technology in France and Germany for talks on R&D, taxation policy and industry development issues.  Rob was appointed to a Working Group of the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council in 2002 and co-authored a report on how to unleash Australia's Entrepreneurial Potential.
• DibbsBarker continues to provide support to various agencies by sending lawyers on secondments in varying junior and more senior positions.
• Corporate Member of Austrade. DibbsBarker has worked for many years with Austrade and in particular with the European office of Austrade in Frankfurt - a cooperation that has been welcomed by many of our European clients.