Leading policy thinkers tackling Australia’s big economic challenges.
Co-Conveners
![Photo of A. Abigail Payne](https://melbourneeconomicforum.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AAP-portrait_.jpg)
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A. Abigail Payne
Director and Ronald Henderson Professor, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, University of Melbourne
James Giesecke
Director, Centre of Policy Studies (CoPs), Victoria University
Steering Committee
Peter Dawkins AO
Victoria University
Craig Emerson
Ross Garnaut AO
The University of Melbourne
Members
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Philip D. Adams
Victoria University
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Stephen Anthony
Macroeconomics and University of Canberra
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Amy Auster
PWC
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Gary Banks
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Jeff Borland
The University of Melbourne
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Michael Brennan
Productivity Commission
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Matthew Butlin
SA Productivity Commission
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David Byrne
The University of Melbourne
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Lisa Cameron
The University of Melbourne
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Andrew Charlton
AlphaBeta
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Karen Chester
Australian Securities and Investment Commission
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Melinda Cilento
CEDA
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Brendan Coates
The Grattan Institute
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Michael Coelli
The University of Melbourne
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Jeff Connolly
Siemens
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Diana Contreras Suárez
The University of Melbourne
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Mark Crosby
Monash University
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John Daley
The Grattan Institute
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Gordon de Brouwer
CEDA
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Besa Deda
St George Banking Group
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Janine Dixon
Victoria University
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Peter Dixon
Victoria University
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Michelle Dowdell
Australian Treasury
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Saul Eslake
University of Tasmania
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Allan Fels
The University of Melbourne
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John Freebairn
The University of Melbourne
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Bob Gregory
Australian National University
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Bhajan Grewal
Victoria University
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Nicholas Gruen
Lateral Economics
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Ian Harper
Melbourne Business School
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Anthea Harris
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
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Peter Harris
Infrastructure Australia
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Matthew Hassan
Westpac
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Mark Horridge
Victoria University
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Andrew John
Melbourne Business School
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Roger Jones
Victoria University
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Guyonne Kalb
The University of Melbourne
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Stephen King
Productivity Commission
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Paul Kofman
The University of Melbourne
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James Lennox
Victoria University
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Guay Lim
The University of Melbourne
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John Madden
Victoria University
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Rod Maddock
Victoria University
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Jakob Madsen
Monash University
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Leslie Martin
The University of Melbourne
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Peter Martin
The Conversation
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Ian McDonald
The University of Melbourne
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George Messinis
Victoria University
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Jim Minifie
AlphaBeta
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Solmaz Moslehi
Monash University
Damien Mullaly
The Treasury
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Carsten Murawski
The University of Melbourne
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Jason Nassios
Victoria University
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Xiujian Peng
Victoria University
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Pradeep Philip
Deloitte Access Economics
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Riki Polygenis
The Treasury
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Ben Potter
Australian Financial Review
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Paul Raschky
Monash University
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Bruce Rasmussen
Victoria University
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Maureen Rimmer
Victoria University
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Brendan Rynne
KPMG Australia
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Peter Sheehan
Victoria University
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Helen Silver
Allianz Australia
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Miranda Stewart
The University of Melbourne
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Russell Thomson
Swinburne University of Technology
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Julie Toth
Nous Group
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Yi-Ping Tseng
The University of Melbourne
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Sam Tsiaplias
The University of Melbourne
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David Uren
Grapevine
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Marcus Walsh
Department of Premier and Cabinet
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Rob Waschik
Victoria University
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Ian Watt
CEDA
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Sebastian Wende
The Treasury
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Roger Wilkins
The University of Melbourne
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Jenny Williams
The University of Melbourne
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Glyn Wittwer
Victoria University
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Christine Wong
The University of Melbourne
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Danielle Wood
The Grattan Institute
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Mark Wooden
The University of Melbourne
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Richard Yetsenga
ANZ
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Yuting Zhang
The University of Melbourne