Speeches

2024

May 29, 2024 UBS HSC Economics Day

May, 2024

2023

June 15, 2023 Aurora College Economics HSC Study Day

May 23, 2023 UBS HSC Economics Day

2022

November 3, 2022 ACT Economic Society Annual Dinner

July 2022 

June 16, 2022 Aurora College Economics HSC Study Day

May 2022 UBS HSC Online Economics Day

May 2022 WESSSTA

April 7, 2022 Virtual Australian Business Economists briefing

2021

November 30, 2021 Virtual Comview conference

June 10, 2021 Aurora College Economics HSC Study Day

May 2021 WESSSTA

April 2021 Media Seminar

2020

November 23, 2020 Virtual Comview Conference

July 21, 2020 UBS HSC Online Economics Day

2019

2019 Comview

May 30, 2019 UBS HSC Economics Day, Sydney

May 2019 WESSSTA

March 6, 2019 Balmoral Lectures, Queenwood school

2018

November 23, 2018 Talk to University of Sydney Association of Professors Symposium

2018 Comview presentation

November 13, 2018 ASSA Symposium on Trust in Australian Institutions, Canberra

August 23, 2018 Uni of Newcastle Boardroom Lunch, Sydney Business Chamber

September 2018 Wollongong

June 7, 2018 UBS HSC Economics Day, Sydney

May 2018 Orange, NSW

March 14, 2018 Talk to Newcastle Institute

2017

December 2017 Royal Society of NSW, annual forum, Government House

2017 Comview

September 1, 2017 Talk to VCTA Teachers Day, Melbourne

September 1, 2017 WESSSTA

August 3, 2017 Talk to Relationships seminar, Sydney

July 21, 2017 Australian Conference of Economists, Special Session, Sydney

July 27, 2017 Aurora College Economics HSC Study Day, Sydney

July 21, 2017 Talk to Australasian Teaching Economics Conference, Sydney

June 1, 2017 UBS HSC Economics Day, Sydney

March 30, 2017 

2017 Gracewood Retirement Village

February 22, 2017 Jean Blackburn Oration for the Australian College of Educators, Melbourne

February 15, 2017 Talk to Australian Business Economists Annual Forecasting Conference

2016

December 2, 2016 Talk to Economics Teachers Association of WA, Perth

2016 Comview

November 2016 Parliament House, NSW

September 12, 2016 Melbourne

September 2016 WESSSTA

July 14, 2016 History of Economic Thought Society of Australia, annual conference, Melbourne

July 2, 2016 Talk to Salvation Army Moral and Social Issues Council National Conference, Melbourne

May 20, 2016 Talk to Economics and Business Educators NSW annual conference, Burwood

April 20, 2016 Talk to Athenaeum Club, Melbourne

March 12, 2016 Talk to UON Master of Clinical Medicine residential workshop, Sydney

January 21, 2016 Talk to Australasian Tax Teachers Association, Sydney

2015

2015 Comview

November 2015 Talk to group in Maitland, NSW

November 5, 2015 Sydney

October 9, 2015 Talk to the New News conference, Wheeler Centre, Melbourne

September 9, 2015 Talk to Economic Society, Victorian branch

August 28, 2015 Talk to VCTA Teachers Day, Melbourne

July 29, 2015 & August 4, 2015 Talk to dinner guests of Hall & Wilcox, lawyers, in association with the Wheeler Centre

June 2015 WESSSTA

June 2, 2015 UBS HSC Economics Day, Sydney

May 2015

March 19, 2015 Talk to Federal Court judges’ continuing education day, Brisbane

2014

2014 Comview

October 2014 Ethinvest

October 8, 2014 Economic Society, Sydney

August 11, 2014 Talk to VCTA Teachers Day, Melbourne

August 22, 2014 Talk to Legal Aid Conference, Sydney

August 22, 2014 National Library of Australia, Canberra

June 13, 2014 Economics Seminar Day, Pymble Ladies’ College

June 2014 WESSSTA

June 5, 2014 UBS HSC Economics Day, Sydney

June 5, 2014 Talk to Salvation Army Eastern Territory Historical Society, Bexley North

2014

2013

December 11, 2013 Mathematics of Planet Earth, Limits to Growth symposium, Parade Theatre, University of NSW

2013 Comview

October 3, 2013 Australian National Conference on Resources and Energy, talk to conference dinner, Canberra
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OUTLOOK FOR REFORM

August 23, 2013 Talk to VCTA Teachers Day, Melbourne

August 7, 2013 Gavin Mooney Memorial Oration (with Rev Tim Costello), Melbourne University

July 18, 2013 Institute of Public Administration Australia NSW State Conference, Sydney

July 2013 WESSSTA

June 2013

June 6, 2013 UBS HSC Economics Day, Sydney

May 29, 2013 Talk to Centre for Public Christianity supporters’ lunch, Sydney,

May 27, 2013 Talk to Master of Sustainability students, University of Sydney

May 2013 Eastwest

May 23, 2013 Keynote address to External Dispute Resolution forum, Sydney

April 11, 2013 Talk to The Salvation Army Moneycare Financial Counselling Conference

2013 Umina

March 26, 2013 RAS Hot Topic Debate, Sydney Showground

March 14, 2013 Talk to NatStats 2013 Conference, Brisbane

2012

December 11, 2012 Economic Society, Sydney

December 3, 2012 CitySwitch Awards Night

November, 2012 Macquarie University IR Panel Discussion

November 2012 Comview conference, Melbourne

November 2012 Jobs Australia National Conference, Manly

October 4, 2012 Business Educators Australasia Conference, Sydney

August 24, 2012 VCTA Teachers Day, Melbourne

August 20, 2012 Economic Society Forum, Melbourne

August 8, 2012 Walter Westman Lecture on Science, Humanity and the Environment International House, University of Sydney

July 30, 2012 Talk to Bible Means Business, Sydney

June, 2012 Writing a Column, Sydney

June, 2012 WESSSTA

June, 2012 Eastwest

June 5, 2012 UBS Economics Lecture Day, Sydney

May 24, 2012 Economics Seminar Day, Pymble Ladies’ College

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

April, 2012 Talk to Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney

March 22, 2012 Talk to TEAR Breakfast, Sydney

March 21, 2012 Debate at The Sydney Globalist launch, Sydney University

February 13, 2012 Sydney

February 6, 2012 Sydney

January, 2012 Dalai

2011


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?

2010


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

2009


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

2008


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

2007


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

2006

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

2005


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

2004


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

2002


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

2001


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