Claire Pullen is Executive Director of the Australian Writers’ Guild and Group CEO of the Guild’s group of companies, including AWGACS. AWGACS is the collecting society for royalties for Australian and New Zealand screen authors, which distributes millions every year to writers. Her members’ work has been stolen by AI.
Prior to working at the Guild, Claire was a Director at several large trade unions, both private and public sector. She led communications, media and campaign teams in unions and NGOs.
She began her career as a union organiser, becoming an Industrial Officer and then senior Industrial Officer ensuring fair treatment for workers including paramedics, teachers’ aides, waitresses, morticians, and firefighters.
Claire drafted the landmark firefighter occupational cancer list now in place in every state and territory in Australia while completing her Masters of Labour Law from Sydney University.
She has begun her Masters of Copyright Law, but as yet there are no signs of her finishing it.
