Events
When does industry benchmarking become collusion? Webinar - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Aug 11, 2020, 12:30 pm
The presentation will analyse when industry benchmarking and other information sharing agreements become collusion and lessen competition in a substantial way. It will highlight practices which are of concern to competition agencies such as e ACCC (Australia), FTC/DOJ (US) and EC (Europe). Past court cases and current competition guidelines will be discussed. The presentation will also discuss whether the considerations taken into account should change in the current extreme circumstances during a pandemic. The event time is AEST.
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The Role of Energy Investment in the Economic Recovery from COVID-19 - ONLINE ONLY
Date: Wednesday Aug 12, 2020, 5:00 pm
Join Women in Economics and Women in Energy for an online panel discussion on the Role of Energy Investment in the Economic Recovery from COVID-19. Note: the timing of this event is AWST
ESA NSW Branch - AGM 2020 - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Aug 12, 2020, 6:00 pm
Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of the ESA NSW Branch will be held on Wednesday 12 August 2020
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To study (or not to study) economics: Results of the RBA student survey - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Aug 13, 2020, 10:00 am
Student enrolment numbers in economics have starkly declined in Australian high schools over recent decades. Furthermore, diversity among economics students on the basis of gender and socioeconomic background has also declined during this time. These statistics prompt us to ask what has contributed towards these trends?. Timing of this event is 10am until 11am AEST.
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Economic Challenges and Opportunities for Australia and the United States, with The Hon. Nick Greiner AC - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Aug 19, 2020, 12:30 pm
Economic Challenges and Opportunities for Australia and the United States
In conversation with The Hon Nick Greiner AC, former NSW Premier and Federal President of the Liberal Party
Join us in conversation with The Hon Nick Greiner AC. We will canvass a range of issues covering economic opportunities and challenges for Australia, in particular the policy responses to COVID, the upcoming US elections, US-Australia trade and investment relations, and diversity in politics and economics.
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ESA (ACT): How can economic policy get us out of this COVID mess?
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Aug 20, 2020, 6:00 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
Come and join us at our first face to face event since before pre-COVID times! Enjoy a stimulating discussion of economic policy over some wine and canapes, in the company of fellow economics professionals you haven’t seen since February.
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Professor Ian Harper AO - Delivering the Ted Evans Public Policy Lecture - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Aug 27, 2020, 5:00 pm
2020 Ted Evans Public Policy Lecture, by Professor Ian Harper AO - The Human Dimension of Good Economic Policy-making
The late Ted Evans, like many of his generation, understood innately that economic policy-making affects people’s lives in more fundamental ways than numbers can ever capture. In this lecture, Ian Harper will draw on his extensive policy experience in financial regulation, wages policy, competition policy and, most recently, monetary policy during the pandemic to discuss the ways in which his own approach to good economic policy-making has been shaped by Ted’s example in keeping one eye on how the policy advice translates into the lives of ordinary people..
The annual Ted Evans Public Policy Lecture is a partnership between ESA Qld, UQ, QUT and Griffith University.
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Alternative Careers Using Economics - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Sep 2, 2020, 4:30 pm
Have you ever considered where studying economics might take you – aside from careers with the job title ‘economist’? Join our panel as they discuss their career paths and where an economics degree has taken them (so far!).
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