Irene Moss

Who is Irene Moss?

Irene Kwong Moss AO is an Australian solicitor and public servant. She graduated from Harvard Law School with a Master of Laws, and became a solicitor at the Supreme Court of New South Wales and High Court of Australia. 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 ombudsman 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 initiated by News Limited of major Australian media organisations in 2007.

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