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Peter is economics editor of The Conversation and a visiting fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. A former economics editor of The Age and economics correspondent for ABC radio, he has reported economics for four decades.

Professor Warwick J. McKibbin, AO, FASSA is Emeritus Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU). He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences; a Distinguished Fellow of the Asia and Pacific Policy Society; a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Peterson institute for International Economics in Washington D.C (where he is co-Director of the Climate and Energy Economics Project). He was awarded the Order of Australia in 2016 “For Distinguished Service to Education as an Economist, Particularly in the Area of Global Climate Policy, and to Financial Institutions and International Organizations” and the Centenary medal in 2003 “For Service to Australian Society through Economic Policy and Tertiary Education”. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nProfessor McKibbin is internationally renowned for his contributions to global economic modeling and the theory of monetary policy and has published more than 250 peer reviewed academic papers and 5 books as well as being a regular commentator in the popular press. He served on the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 2001 to 2011 and worked at the Reserve Bank from 1975 to 1991. He regularly advises international institutions, Central Banks, governments and corporations across a range of developed and emerging economies.\\\\r\\\\n \\\\r\\\\n

Brad has over 15 years’ experience as an economic financial advisor, 9 years in the Australian Army (engineering), and is the Vice President of the Economic Society of Australia (ACT). Experience working for DeltaPearl Partners, the Centre for International Economics, the Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet where he was the Policy Division’s Principal Economist; Queensland Treasury, the Queensland Treasury Corporation, the Queensland Competition Authority and Seqwater. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nBrad’s capabilities and experience includes government program evaluations, legislative and policy reviews, conducting regulatory impact statements, cost benefit analysis, economic regulatory reviews, capital expenditure evaluations, company valuation, budget modelling and forecast estimates and economic and statistical analysis.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nIn particular, Brad has experience in cost benefit analysis for government clients, including large infrastructure options. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n