Irene Kwong Moss AO (born 1948) is an Australian solicitor and former public servant.

She graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts (Government) and a Bachelor of Laws and from Harvard Law School with a Master of Laws, and became a solicitor at the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. Moss was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of New South Wales.[1]

After some time working for the New South Wales anti-discrimination board, she was the Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission from 1986 to 1994.[2] She was the New South Wales ombudsman from 1995, and from 1999 to 2004 was the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.[3] She has been a board member for various organisations, including becoming the chair of the free speech organisation Australia's Right To Know, a coalition of major Australian media organisations in 2007.[4] Moss has also led a number of Government inquiries. Moss chaired the Sax Institute, a Sydney-based public health and health research organisation, from 2006 to 2018.

She is married to the former chief executive of Macquarie Bank, Allan Moss.

References

  1. ↑ "Honorary Degree and Fellowship holders - UNSW Sydney". www.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "CEW". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  3. ↑ Fellow of Senate – Senate – The University of Sydney
  4. ↑ Crikey - Irene Moss to fight for Australia’s right to know? - Irene Moss to fight for Australia’s right to know?


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