Heather Ridout
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Heather Ridout is Chief Executive of the Australian Industry Group
, an industry association providing advocacy and services to businesses in a broad range of sectors including manufacturing, construction, automotive, ICT, transport, defence, labour hire and other industries.
Running parallel to Ridout's work with the Australian Industry Group is her work on national policy. She is a member of several policy-setting and advice-giving groups, , including the Business Roundtable on Climate Change; National Workplace Relations Consultative Committee; Infrastructure Australia; Skills Australia and the Prime Minister's Business Taskforce on Flood Recovery. Heather Ridout was also a member of the Henry Tax Review and chaired the Productivity and Prosperity Advisory Panel of the Population Strategy Task Force.
Heather Ridout has various other appointments including Director of the Australian Super Trustee Board and the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth.
An Australian government department, The Australian Bureau of Statistics, notes that Heather Ridout: “heads an organisation committed to helping Australian industry with a focus on building and sustainable industries through global integration, skills development, productive and flexible workplace relations, infrastructure development and innovation.”
Ridout also maintains a vigorous media presence, appearing on Network 10's Meet the Press
programme, the ABC
's Lateline
and Q&A programmes, and various other radio and television shows. As chief spokesperson for the Australian Industry Group
, Ridout also remains an active presence on the Australian print media's editorial pages, addressing issues of specific concern to business and industry in Australia and has regularly appeared on the Australian Financial Review's Power List.
Heather Ridout is also an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.
Australian Industry Group
The Australian Industry Group, also called Ai Group, is an employers' organisation, whose member's employ over 750,000 staff from throughout Australia...
, an industry association providing advocacy and services to businesses in a broad range of sectors including manufacturing, construction, automotive, ICT, transport, defence, labour hire and other industries.
Running parallel to Ridout's work with the Australian Industry Group is her work on national policy. She is a member of several policy-setting and advice-giving groups, , including the Business Roundtable on Climate Change; National Workplace Relations Consultative Committee; Infrastructure Australia; Skills Australia and the Prime Minister's Business Taskforce on Flood Recovery. Heather Ridout was also a member of the Henry Tax Review and chaired the Productivity and Prosperity Advisory Panel of the Population Strategy Task Force.
Heather Ridout has various other appointments including Director of the Australian Super Trustee Board and the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth.
An Australian government department, The Australian Bureau of Statistics, notes that Heather Ridout: “heads an organisation committed to helping Australian industry with a focus on building and sustainable industries through global integration, skills development, productive and flexible workplace relations, infrastructure development and innovation.”
Ridout also maintains a vigorous media presence, appearing on Network 10's Meet the Press
Meet the Press (Australian TV program)
Meet the Press, a presentation of Ten News, is an Australian Sunday morning talk show based on the national political agenda. Hosted by Network Ten's Parliament House Bureau Chief and Political Editor Paul Bongiorno, the program has firmly established itself as an agenda-setting forum that attracts...
programme, the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
's Lateline
Lateline
Lateline is an Australian television news and current affairs program produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, airing weeknights at on ABC1. The program has developed a reputation for head-to-head debates on current issues and political interviews. Lateline is followed by its sister...
and Q&A programmes, and various other radio and television shows. As chief spokesperson for the Australian Industry Group
Australian Industry Group
The Australian Industry Group, also called Ai Group, is an employers' organisation, whose member's employ over 750,000 staff from throughout Australia...
, Ridout also remains an active presence on the Australian print media's editorial pages, addressing issues of specific concern to business and industry in Australia and has regularly appeared on the Australian Financial Review's Power List.
Heather Ridout is also an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.