Cameron Roles is a Senior Lecturer at the ANU College of Law, with a research interest in labour law. His current research project is concerned with the extent to which the law can legitimately prevent a current or former employee from soliciting, enticing or otherwise encouraging one or many current or former colleagues to leave employment and enter into competition with the former employer. The project critiques trial and appellate court decisions in the United Kingdom and Australia, and seeks to better define the extent to which an employer should be able to regulate such employee competition.

Cameron’s previous research projects have had a particular focus on labour law as it applies in the Australian Public Service (APS). In late 2013 Cameron critiqued the Fair Work Act’s genuine redundancy exclusion as it applies in the APS, and argued for its reform. He has also examined (primarily with Michael O’Donnell of the University of New South Wales) APS enterprise bargaining under both Labor and Coalition governments. He has also analysed recent reforms to the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth).

Cameron holds Bachelor’s degrees in Arts and Law from Macquarie University and LLM from the University of Sydney.

Appointments

• Director, LLBHons program, ANU College of Law (2014 - present)
• Convener; ACT Chapter of the Australian Labour Law Association (2009 - present)
• Director, Vision Australia Limited (2015 - present)

Significant research publications

• Cameron Roles ‘Redundancy in the Australian Public Service – Some Critical Reflections’ (2013) 41 Federal Law Review 525.

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