Meet our team

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Kylie is an Industrial Officer at the Working Women’s Centre SA.

Kylie has a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Arts from Adelaide University, as well as a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. She was admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of SA in February 2007.

Kylie commenced her career in the Australian Taxation Office, where she gave strategic and technical advice in the former Serious Non-Compliance business line, assisting with litigation involving egregious tax evasion schemes. She was then seconded to the Treasury in Canberra as a Policy Analyst, providing a tax technical view in the Small Business and Trusts team. Upon return to Adelaide, Kylie facilitated the ATO’s involvement in the OECD’s Tax Crime Forums held in Paris, and worked with other agencies and international stakeholders to compile best practice guidelines for fighting tax crime.

 Kylie was also heavily involved in developing an award-winning LGBTI+ Employee and Ally network and related initiatives in her department, helping her colleagues to supported at work and ensuring the ATO had best practice in LGBTI+ inclusivity.

Kylie is proud to continue her career at the WWC, working with the community to assist businesses’ compliance with worker’s rights. She is passionate about the rights of women at work, especially women who work in male-dominated industries.

In her spare time, Kylie loves to hang out with her wife and their two cats, enjoys playing in bands, and hitting the road in their campervan.

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Nikki is an Industrial Officer at the Working Women’s Centre SA.

Nikki has a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice and a Bachelor of Arts from Flinders University. Nikki also completed a semester of study at the University of California, Santa Cruz where she studied Political Science and International Law.

Nikki has more than 10 years experience in Industrial Relations and representing disadvantaged workers and union members. Nikki has successfully prosecuted hundreds of underpayment of wages and unfair dismissal claims for workers, and has won significant pecuniary penalties against employers who contravened the law.

In 2010 Nikki was accepted into the Law Graduate Program at the Fair Work Commission (Melbourne) where she worked for several years. She was promoted to a position in the Unfair Dismissal Team and later promoted again to an Associate of the Commission.

Nikki was also the Coordinator of the Young Workers Legal Service where she trained and mentored Law Student Volunteers to assist young people with wage theft claims, unfair dismissals and discrimination matters.

Nikki has spent the last five years as an Industrial Officer and Advocate in the Construction and Maritime Divisions of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, where she assisted union members in a wide a range of employment matters including disputes, industrial action and enterprise bargaining issues.

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Maddie is the Youth Project Officer at the Working Women’s Centre.

She is working on a project about young women, COVID-19, and employment. Maddie is passionate about achieving economic equality and she believes strongly in the power of young women to create positive change in the world.

Maddie has a background in campaigning and community organising. She has spent a decade working and volunteering for social and environmental justice. She spent several years acting as state coordinator with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, and then took on a role as a Movement Builder with Tipping Point, a climate justice organisation. She has worked as an Organiser at the Australian Services Union, as a Law Clerk at Campbell Law, and as a Receptionist at the Working Women’s Centre previous to her current role. She also spent a year as a student legal advisor at the Young Workers Legal Service.

Maddie has recently finished a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor of Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

In her spare time, Maddie likes going on beach road trips and having a cuppa with friends and family.  

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Cassandra Deon-Wierda is the Training Officer at the Working Women’s Centre SA.

Before Cass started in this position, she was employed in various Education and Training positions and actively advocated for women’s issues in the Northern Territory and New South Wales, developing experience in adult, community and youth education. These roles included work in both government and not for profit sectors.

Cassandra holds a Master of Education in Popular Education and Social Change from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Bachelor of Art in Art History and English.

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