About Anna Booth
Anna Booth was an Australian trade unionist and ombudsman.
Anna Booth (born 1955) is an Australian who became the Fair Work Ombudsman in 2023. She was a successful trade unionist and has served as a company director. She helped to organise the Sydney Olympics torch carriers.
Life Booth was born in 1955 and she went to school at Hornsby Girls' High School. She graduated in economics from the University of Sydney. In 1988 she was an unsuccessful Australian Labor Party candidate for election to parliament in Ku-ring-gai. She became the union's National Secretary and served as a vice-president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).
She was a member of the Commonwealth Bank's board. The Olympic Games was in Sydney in 2000 and Booth was on the organising Committee. Booth later noted that this was the greatest honour of her life.
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Fair Work Ombudsman 2023-2028
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Anna Booth was a trade unionist and ombudsman.
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Anna Booth was Australian.
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