Trevor Cook was awarded a doctorate in 2012 with a thesis on the relationship between unions and the ALP. He has been a public relations consultant since 1996, before that he was a senior public servant in the Department of Industrial Relations in Canberra. During the Hawke Government, he was an adviser to John Dawkins and Simon Crean.
Experience
2008–present
Doctoral candidate, University of Sydney
1996–2007
Director, Jackson Wells
1992–1996
Branch head, Best practice and workplace reform, Commonwealth Department of Industrial Relations
1987–1992
Ministerial staffer, Offices of John Dawkins and Simon Crean