GPA Payroll Symposium
Date: 23rd October 2025
Time: 9.00am - 1.00pm
Cost: FREE
Location: Crowne Plaza, 1-5 Spencer St, Docklands VIC 3008, Australia
Join us where Payroll & HR professionals will come together for a morning of insightful discussions, networking, and collaboration. Whether you’re reconnecting with familiar faces or expanding your network with new industry peers, this symposium offers a unique platform to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and stay ahead in the evolving payroll landscape. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and build meaningful connections in a vibrant professional setting.
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS
Building Payroll Confidence in the Payday Super Era
Trust, transparency, and transformation have become the defining measures of payroll in Australia’s Payday Super world. Drawing on insights from more than 110 large-scale payroll audits, Marcus Zeltzer, Co-founder and Managing Director of Yellow Canary, will explore how payroll professionals can adapt, where the real risks lie, and the proactive steps that build payroll confidence and resilience for the future.
Speakers: Marcus Zeltzer Co-founder and Managing Director, Yellow Canary
Trust, Transparency, and Transformation in a Payday Super World
With Payday Super arriving in 2026, payroll faces new pressures — from tighter deadlines and compliance risks to higher expectations for transparency. This panel will examine what “reasonable steps” for compliance mean in practice, how to manage systems and provider contracts, and how payroll can turn real-time data into lasting employee trust while driving transformation.
Panellists:
Marcus Zeltzer, Co-founder and Managing Director, Yellow Canary
Marc Princi, Senior Business Development Manager, Xemplo/EPG Group
Natalee Leach, CEO, The Payroll Collective
Peter Forbes, Founder, Paytools
Frank Klasik, Partner, Oceania Leader - Employment Taxes & payroll Data Analytics at Ernst & Young Australia
The Agenda
The Speakers
The Venue
Crowne Plaza Melbourne, 1-5 Spencer Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3008
Onsite Parking Available
- Valet parking is available for $70 per day. Alternatively, guests may choose to self-park at $17 per exit. Rates are for a continuous 24-hour period. Please speak to Concierge to redeem above rates and note the carpark height limit is 1.9m.
- Cost: 17 AUD
Off-site Parking
Offsite parking is available just a short walk away from the hotel.
Public Transportation
Train Station
- Southern Cross Station
- Estimated distance to the hotel: 0.31 MI/ 0.5 KM
The Sponsor
TransferMate is an international payments solution that helps companies save thousands on global payroll payments. TransferMate also integrates with the most popular accounting and payroll software, so it’s even easier and faster to pay your international employees.
Peter Forbes
Founder
Paytools
Marcus Zelter
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Yellow Canary
Grace Brunton-Makeham
Partner
Makeham Flaherty
Mark Flaherty
Partner
Makeham Flaherty
Marc Princi
Senior Business Development Manager
EPG Payroll
Natalee Leach
Payroll Director
The Payroll Collective
Nilufer Gul
GM - APAC
Global Payroll Alliance
Key learnings for payroll teams from the recent Coles / Woolworths store managers’ decision
Grace and Mark will explain the recent Coles and Woolworths store managers’ decision and its implications for payroll. They will outline how annualised salary and set-off arrangements failed, highlight the importance of accurate record-keeping, and translate the key legal findings into practical steps payroll teams can take to strengthen compliance and reduce risk.
Speakers: Grace Brunton-Makeham, Partner Makeham Flaherty and Mark Flaherty, Partner Makeham Flaherty.
Frank Klasik
Partner, Oceania Leader - Employment Taxes
& Payroll Data Analytics
Ernst & Young, Australia