Abbey is the CEO of Working Women’s Centre Australia.
Prior to taking up appointment, she was the Director and Principal Solicitor of the South Australian Working Women’s Centre for just under 6 years.
Abbey has 15 years of experience in legal practice as an employment and industrial lawyer and has built a reputation as a litigator and strategic advisor in national and smaller labour law firms, working for unions and as a pro bono lawyer and leader in worker and women’s collectives over this time.
Abbey has dedicated her career to representing and advocating for worker’s rights and has successfully represented workers and unions in major national industrial cases across hospitality, arts, the community sector, construction and mining, retail and professional services. Abbey has been appointed by government at the state and federal level to many strategic governance and specialist advisory board and committees, for example she is a member of the national Respect@Work Council and of the South Australian government’s Gender Pay Gap Taskforce.
Abbey has played a leadership role in work and IR practitioner organisations, for example, until early 2024 she has been elected as the Vice President of the Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA) National Executive Committee and the President of the ALERA SA Executive Committee.
Abbey is a feminist unionist and advocates for collectivist gender, sexual and political justice.
