Speeches

May 14, 2012 ABS Conference on Environmental Accounting, Melbourne,
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING

November 24, 2011 Australian Business Economists Forecasting Conference
OUTLOOK FOR POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT IN 2012

September 8, 2011 Gruen Lecture series, ANU
THE DUMBING DOWN OF THE PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE

July 13, 2011 Australian Conference of Economists.
HOW INFLUENTIAL ARE (ECONOMIC) JOURNALISTS?

December 8, 2010 Business Economists Annual Forecasting Conference.
AUSTRALIA’S OUTLOOK FOR POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT IN 2011

December 6, 2010 Forum on Evidence-Based Regulatory Reform
REGULATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

November 30, 2010 ACTU Whitlam Lecture, Melbourne
IS AUSTRALIA THE LAND OF THE FAIR GO?

November 10, 2010 Talk to Watermark’s CEO lunch, Sydney
WHERE TO FROM HERE FOR THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY & GOVERNMENT

November 4, 2010 Clancy Auditorium, UNSW
A SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA?

October 3, 2010 Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney Opera House
CURING AFFLUENZA: WHY ECONOMIC GROWTH SHOULD BE STOPPED

September 13, 2010 Victorian Commercial Teachers Association
AN ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT UPDATE: TAX REFORM

September 12, 2010 VCTA Student Revision Lectures
A FISCAL POLICY UPDATE

August 10,2010 IQ2 Debate, City Recital Hall, Sydney
ONLY CAPITALISM CAN SAVE THE PLANET

July 24, 2010 Talk to Independent Scholars Association, Sydney
HISTORY, MEMORY AND TRUTH

May 28, 2010 Economics and Business Educators annual conference.
THE RUDD GOVERNMENT’S MINI TAX PACKAGE

March 24, 2010, Talk to Centrelink Financial Information Service Officers
HOW AGEING AND THE RESOURCES BOOM WILL AFFECT WORKERS

March 18, 2010 Talk to Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney
WHAT POLICY INSTRUMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE GFC?

May 4, 2010 Talk to University of Sydney Political Economy Society
IMMIGRATION & POPULATION

December 8, 2009 Business Economists Annual Forecasting Conference.
AUSTRALIA’S OUTLOOK FOR POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT IN 2010

October 29, 2009 University of Sydney Department of Government and International Relations
CAN THE NOBEL PRIZE REFORM ECONOMICS?

December 9, 2008 Business Economists Annual Forecasting Conference.
AUSTRALIA’S OUTLOOK FOR POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT IN 2009

August 8, 2009 Speech to Newcastle Boys’ High School Old Boys’ Association
GIVE MY REGRETS TO WARATAH HIGH

August 3, 2009 Dinner speech to Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
THE CONSCIENCE OF A PUBLIC SERVANT

July 14, 2009 Talk to The New Institute, Merewether
ECONOMICS AFTER THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

October 6, 2009 Sydney University
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS ANNUAL DINNER

July 8, 2008 IQ2 Debate Sydney City Recital Hall
BY 2020 ONLY THE RICH WILL BE AT HOME IN AUSTRALIA

June 17, 2009 Talk to ABS seminar, Canberra
THE ABS AND ITS DATA: A VIEW FROM THE MEDIA

May 26, 2009 Whitlam Institute public forum, Parramatta
CAUSES OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

May 20, 2009 Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine Congress
PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

March 19, 2009 Sydney Secondary College
THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ITS EFFECT ON AUSTRALIA

February 26, 2008 Economic Society evening seminar
NEW DIRECTIONS IN ECONOMY POLICY

February 18, 2009 NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research annual symposium
USES AND ABUSES OF CRIME STATISTICS

November 24, 2008 Comview conference, Melbourne
THE CHANGING ECONOMIC POLICY MIX

June 19, 2008 Talk to Hunter Valley Research Foundation Wellbeing Watch
ECONOMICS AND LIFE

February 19, 2008 Talk to Fairfax trainees, Sydney
WRITING A COLUMN

March 27, 2008 Talk to English students, Westfield Sports High School
SOME TIPS ON WRITING

November 14, 2007 Australian Business Economists Annual Forecasting Conference
AUSTRALIA’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2008

October 19, 2007 Lecture in Economic & Social Policy, Wollongong University
CAN OLD ECONOMISTS LEARN NEW TRICKS?

September 27, 2007 Industrial Relations Comssion of NSW annual conference
ECONOMICS FOR JUDGES

September 18, 2007
MICROECONOMIC REFORM

September 13, 2007 Talk to Sydney University Economics Society
WHAT’S WRONG WITH STANDARD ECONOMICS

August 28, 2007 Talk to The New Institute, Hamilton
MAKING SENSE OF ECONOMICS: BEYOND THE OTHODOXY

August 8, 2007 Reserve Bank Roundtable
BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY

July 24, 2007
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

July 18, 2007 Old Parliament House
TALK TO TREASURY MACROECONOMIC GROUP

July 12, 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference dinner
AFTER DINNER SPEECH, BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS

May 26, 2007
TALK TO HOPE STREET BUSINESS LUNCHEON

December 13, 2005 Australian Business Economists Annual Forecasting Conference
AUSTRALIA’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2006

November 30, 2006 Conference on Quality of Life, Deakin University
WELLBEING, MONEY, PSYCHOLOGY AND ECONOMICS

August 2004 Ronald Henderson Oration, Melbourne
AN ECONOMICS FIT FOR HUMANS

December 4, 2002 Australian Business Economists Annual Forecasting Conference
POLITICS AND POLICY – THE OUTLOOK IN AUSTRALIA 2003

December 6, 2001 Australian Business Economists Annual Forecasting Conference
THE POLITICAL AND POLICY OUTLOOK IN AUSTRALIA 2002