Rebecca Fawcett
Board Director
Rebecca Fawcett is a representative of the Community and Public Sector Union, where she holds the roles of Deputy Secretary and Legal Director. She has 25 years’ experience in Australian trade unions, and as a member of the union’s leadership, she represents public servants across three jurisdictions: the Australian Public Service, the ACT Public Service, and the Northern Territory Public Service.
As a member of the CPSU’s executive, her responsibilities include:
Ensuring the highest standards of governance
Acting as Chief Negotiator for the CPSU in Australian Public Service bargaining, with employment instruments covering 185,000 employees across Australia
Leading the union’s Legal and Industrial team, including the Work Health and Safety team
As Legal Director and a practising lawyer, Rebecca leads the in-house legal team that undertakes the union’s tribunal work, conducts enterprise bargaining, and provides strategic and legal advice to the union’s executive.
Rebecca’s areas of interest and expertise include advocating for the safe and responsible deployment of Artificial Intelligence in the public service, enterprise bargaining, successful implementation of flexible work as a mechanism to lift public service capacity, and building meaningful career pathways that allow the public service to attract and retain skilled employees.
She holds honours degrees in Economics (Social Science) and Law from the University of Sydney, and is admitted as a lawyer in New South Wales.