Irene Kwong Moss (born 1948) is an Australian

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and former

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. She graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts (Government) and a Bachelor of Laws and from

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with a Master of Laws, and became a solicitor at the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the

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. Moss was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of New South Wales. 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. She was the New South Wales

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from 1995, and from 1999 to 2004 was the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. 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.Crikey - Irene Moss to fight for Australia’s right to know? - Irene Moss to fight for Australia’s right to know?
/ref> 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.

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