Past Events
Déjà vu debt crisis? Better call Saul
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Mar 5, 2025, 11:30 am
The Economics Society of Australia Victorian Branch invites you to attend a two-course sit-down lunch with Saul Eslake. Saul will discuss the Victorian state debt.
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2025 WEN Pre Budget Panel
Event Type: WEN event
Date: Wednesday Mar 5, 2025, 11:30 am
Three of WEN's leading economists will outline the economic challenges and opportunities facing the Federal Government
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ABARES Conference 2025
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Tuesday Mar 4, 2025, 8:30 am
From: Australian Capital Territory
ABARES CONFERENCE : OUTLOOK 2025
Insights for Action: Fostering Growth in a Changing World
With the theme Insights for Action: Fostering Growth in a Changing World, the 2025 conference highlights ABARES' role in delivering data and insights that inform policies, programs and service delivery.
Visit www.agriculture.gov.au/event/abares-outlook to secure your spot or to view program session details.

WEN-NSW Coffee Roulette - 2025
Date: Friday Feb 28, 2025, 5:00 pm
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 edition of the NSW Women in Economics Network (WEN) Coffee Roulette program. After a successful inaugural run in 2024, we are excited to continue this initiative designed to strengthen connections and foster a vibrant community among women economists in NSW.
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Australia's Energy Future: Where Are We Headed? - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: WEN event
Date: Thursday Feb 27, 2025, 12:00 pm
Seminar Series on Energy Transition - Session Two
The Australian electricity sector is undergoing a transformation. Our energy demand is growing, and critical policy and investment decisions are needed to ensure our energy future is reliable, sustainable and affordable. With the 2025 federal election on the horizon, decisions made now will shape the nation’s economy, infrastructure and workforce for decades to come. They will also have budgetary outcomes for successive governments to come.
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ABE Annual Forecasting Conference 2025
Date: Thursday Feb 27, 2025, 7:15 am
Mark your calendar for the ABE Annual Forecasting Conference, a must-attend event exploring productivity, reform, and the implications of the 2025 Federal Election. Hosted at the historic Mint in Sydney, this engaging morning event brings together leading economists, industry experts and policymakers to discuss the future of Australia’s economy.
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AI in Recruitment: Risks of Discrimination
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 26, 2025, 5:30 pm
Dr Sheard speaks on the use of AI in Recruitment and the impact these systems have on algorithm-facilitated discrimination in hiring.
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Young Economist – Economic Security Panel Discussion – The effects of geopolitics on economic policymaking in Australia
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 20, 2025, 5:30 pm
Please join us to hear from a panel of experts to discuss how the geopolitical landscape is impacting economics and trade, creating challenges and opportunities for both policymakers and businesses. The event will be catered with light refreshments, so be sure to RSVP to secure a spot at this exciting event.
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POSTPONED Electricity Price Trends and Energy Wallet - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 20, 2025, 12:00 pm
This event is postponed - the new date will be advised as soon as possible
Seminar Series on Energy Transition - Session One
The energy transition is unfolding rapidly. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has recently published a 10-year outlook for residential electricity prices, with a focus on projecting how each cost component might change over the next decade. Beyond just examining electricity costs, the analysis also considers how households' total energy costs (or their 'energy wallet’) will change as they electrify transportation, heating and cooking, transitioning from other fuel sources to electricity.
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The Economics of AI: What to focus on, What to ignore
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 19, 2025, 12:30 pm
David Orsmond speaks on the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, the future direction of artificial intelligence and its impact on the economy. By drawing on experiences seen during previous general purpose technologies, and the economics framework more broadly, this seminar separates the economic impacts that are likely to proceed slowly and be relatively benign from those that should be receiving immediate attention.
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WEN Credible Economist Writing Competition - ONLINE ONLY
Date: Friday Feb 14, 2025, 12:00 am
Deadline is Friday 14 February 2025.
The Women in Economics Network was created to promote and support the careers of female economists in Australia. As part of this, the Credible Economist blog series promotes public contributions by female economists and on the topic of gender economics.
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Special General Meeting (SGM)
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 13, 2025, 6:00 pm
Special general meeting followed by social event
Reason: Constitution Amendment for Economics Society of Australia (Tasmania Branch) Incorporated (The Society)
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Women in Economics (WEN) - AARES Breakfast
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 13, 2025, 7:00 am
The WEN-AARES Breakfast offers a space for WEN Qld local members to connect with each other and to meet with women economists attending the AARES conference over a relaxing informal breakfast. This joint event is a great opportunity to expand your networks and mix with conference delegates from all over Australia and the world.
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Working from Home and the Gender Wage Gap, Alison Preston, UWA - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025, 11:00 am
Join us for this webinar during which Alison Preston examines the impact of working at home on the wages of men and women using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.
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HG Brennan Lecture
Date: Thursday Feb 6, 2025, 6:00 pm
Catherine de Fontenay will be speaking on 'Economics and Selfishness' for the annual HG Brennan lecture in economics & theology.
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AGEW 2025
Event Type: WEN event
Date: Thursday Feb 6, 2025, 12:00 am
The 8th Australian Gender Economics Workshop (#AGEW2025) is hosted by the University of Wollongong in partnership with the Women in Economics Network and is organised by Alfredo Paloyo. The workshop will take place on 6‒7 February 2025 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Wollongong is in Dharawal Country.
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WEN-NSW Coffee Roulette
Date: Tuesday Dec 31, 2024, 12:00 pm
We are thrilled to announce the second round of the NSW Women in Economics Network (WEN) Coffee Roulette program beginning in September 2024 — an initiative designed to strengthen connections and foster a vibrant community among women economists in NSW.
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WEN: End of Year WEN Breakfast
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Dec 17, 2024, 7:30 am
The Women in Economics Network in Victoria is delighted to invite you to a final breakfast catch up to wrap up 2024.
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The Works of the 2024 Nobel Prize Winners - A Discussion
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 12, 2024, 6:00 pm
ESA NSW Branch extends a warm invite to join our End of 2024 Topic and In-Person Meeting. Professor Hugh Harley (USyd) and David Orsmond (McQ) will talk on the fascinating and important works of the 2024 Nobel Prize Winners Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson.
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Centenary Celebration of ESA Queensland
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 12, 2024, 5:30 pm
THE ECONOMIC SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA TURNS 100
Join us for our Centenary Celebration of ESA Queensland with a dinner featuring a intergenerational panel of QLD ‘state of origin’ economists
Karen Chester, Peter Harris AO & Associate Professor Leonora Risse
ESA QLD life member Jon Stanford recently unearthed that November 2024 is the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Australia’s very first ESA branch. And yes, it had to be in Queensland.
ESA Members and your guests are invited to our Centenary Celebration Dinner for the Economics Society of Australia (QLD).
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WEN VIC Breakfast Event: Gatekeepers and norms: barriers to achieving gender equality
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 12, 2024, 8:30 am
The Women in Economics Network (WEN) Victoria branch invites you to join us for breakrast on Thursday 12 December to explore some of the barriers to achieving gender equality. Join Dr Marina Gertsberg from Melbourne University and Sruthi Srikanthan from Deloitte Access Economics as they discuss the impacts of biased gatekeepers and gender norms in achieving gender equality.
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UNSW Economics Summer School
Date: Monday Dec 9, 2024, 8:30 am
The UNSW Sydney Summer School offers two courses: (i) Empirical Methods for Causal Inference and (ii) Expectations in Macroeconomics.
These intensive graduate-level courses are aimed at students, researchers and professionals and provide a combination of lectures and practical examples and tools. Taught by world-leading experts in the respective fields, our courses will bring participants to the current frontier in economic research.
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WEN SA End of Year Celebration
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 5, 2024, 5:30 pm
WEN SA End of Year Celebration on Thursday, 5th December, 2024.
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The history of independence of Central Banking
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Dec 4, 2024, 12:15 pm
In this seminar, Dr Currie discusses the history of central banking with reference to the evolution of the current Australian financial system, detailing the role of parliamentary inquiries and the eventual restructuring of the role of central bank prudential supervision as distinct from monetary policy.
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ESA / WEN end of year sundowner
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Dec 3, 2024, 5:30 pm
We welcome members and non-members of all genders to join us for our end of year sundowner. Canapés will be served and drinks can be purchased at the bar.
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