DEMYSTIFYING CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Nov 10, 2022, 5:00 pm

From: Queensland

The payment system is changing in profound ways around the world as individuals demand faster payments, nonbank entities are seeking a greater role in facilitating payments, and a wide range of investors appear to believe that there is a significant role for cryptocurrencies as investment and as payment instruments. As a result, the concept of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) has gained traction, with an increasing number of central banks around the world announcing efforts to explore CBDC use and designs.

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Women in Economics: Career Stories - ONLINE ONLY

Date: Thursday Nov 10, 2022, 4:00 pm

From: Queensland

WEN Queensland is excited to collaborate with Griffith University's Industry Insights for a webinar highlighting the career stories of some fabulous female economists.

ACT Annual Dinner with Guest Speaker Ross Gittens

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Nov 3, 2022, 6:00 pm

From: Australian Capital Territory

Our speaker for this year's Annual Dinner is Dr Ross Gittins, Economics Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. Sure to be an entertaining night

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Call for Papers: 1st Annual National HDR & ECR Symposium on Economic Development and Self-Determination for Indigenous Australia

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Thursday Oct 27, 2022, 8:00 am

From: Queensland

The purpose of this symposium is to gather HDRs and ECRs across Australia working on Indigenous issues from a broad field of disciplines to present their work, receive graduate training in research methodology and hear from keynote speakers (TBC) discussing key policy issues facing Indigenous Australians.

Restoring Full Employment with Rising Incomes: the Economic Context of Budgetary Policy

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Monday Oct 24, 2022, 6:00 pm

From: Victoria

The Victorian Branch of the Economic Society of Australia are delighted to announce that the doyen of Australia’s economists, Ross Garnaut, Emeritus Professor of Economic Policy, University of Melbourne will speak on Restoring Full Employment with Rising Incomes: the Economic Context of Budgetary Policy.  Professor Garnaut will be discussing general economic policy on the eve of the first budget of the Albanese Government.  Read Ross Garnaut's Speech

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2022 ESA WA Branch AGM and Sundowner

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Oct 20, 2022, 5:30 pm

From: Western Australia

We invite you to join the ESA WA branch Annual General Meeting and Sundowner on Thursday 20th October 2022 at the Royal Perth Yacht Club. 

The Annual General Meeting will be followed by the presentation of ESA WA Branch sponsored student prizes, and a presentation from the 2022 Austin Holmes award winner Michael McLure.

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Women in Economics Network Student Mentoring Program Speed Mentoring

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Oct 19, 2022, 6:00 pm

From: Australian Capital Territory

Are you a female-identifying economics student in the ACT? Please join the ACT Women in Economics Network for an evening of fast-paced, interactive mentoring. Students will have the opportunity to chat with and receive guidance from mentors with a range of different perspectives. 

This event is for female-identifying University students with an interest in or who are currently studying economics in the ACT. Please only Register if you meet this criteria.

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The future of the banking industry: a conversation with The Hon Anna Bligh AC and Adjunct Professor Bob Wigley

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Oct 19, 2022, 5:15 pm

From: Queensland

You are invited to attend a joint public address by The Honourable Anna Bligh AC (CEO of the Australian Banking Association & former Queensland Premier) and Adjunct Professor Bob Wigley (Chair, UK Finance) on the future of the banking industry as part of the UQ School of Economics’ Thought Leadership Series.

What Would a Gender-Responsive 2022 Federal Budget Look Like?

Date: Tuesday Oct 18, 2022, 12:00 pm

From: New South Wales

The Jobs Summit clearly highlighted the importance of supporting women’s economic and societal outcomes; despite being better educated and living longer, women have yet to close the gap to men in terms of their labour market outcomes, earnings and careers.

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What Would a Gender-Responsive 2022 Federal Budget Look Like?

Date: Tuesday Oct 18, 2022, 12:00 pm

From: Women In Economics

The Jobs Summit clearly highlighted the importance of supporting women’s economic and societal outcomes; despite being better educated and living longer, women have yet to close the gap to men in terms of their labour market outcomes, earnings and careers. They are also still disproportionately vulnerable to domestic violence, and can still face unsafe work environments.

WEN Queensland – LinkedUp

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Oct 13, 2022, 5:30 pm

From: Queensland

It’s been a long time between drinks! The WEN Queensland branch invites you to join us for an informal networking evening. Come along to connect or reconnect with old and new WEN members after too many months on Zoom.

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WEN event: Circular economy action in regional South Australia

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Oct 13, 2022, 5:15 pm

From: South Australia

Invitation to Women in Economics Network event: Circular economy action in regional SA: the early experience of developing CE blueprints for 2 regions. 

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Revenue Summit 2022

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Thursday Oct 6, 2022, 9:00 am

The Revenue Summit 2022 will bring economists, policy and taxation experts together at Parliament House to discuss revenue raising options to meet Australia’s growing public spending needs. 

WA YEN, WEN & ECOMS Student Event at UWA

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Oct 5, 2022, 6:00 pm

From: Western Australia

The WA Young Economists Network (YEN) have teamed up with the WA Women in Economics Network (WA WEN) and the UWA ECOMS Group to organise a special event to highlight & discuss graduate and internship opportunities that are available within leading organisations in the local private and public sectors.

Policy in the Pub – Young Economist’s QLD Event

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Oct 5, 2022, 5:30 pm

From: Queensland

Please join us to hear from Alex Robson, Deputy Chair of the Productivity Commission, to discuss the Productivity Commission’s annual Trade and Assistance Review, and the ongoing impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on trade and sanctions.

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A Present and Future Look at Australian Housing

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Oct 4, 2022, 5:30 pm

From: Victoria

With rising interest rates, falling house prices and skyrocketing rents, the Australian housing market is in a tumultuous state in 2022. Join us as an esteemed panel discuss the latest trends in the housing market and where it may be heading in the future.

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Zooming Out - Australia's Changing Workforce

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Friday Sep 30, 2022, 1:00 pm

From: New South Wales

Hon Stephen Jones MP – Member for Whitlam, Assistant Treasurer, and Minister for Financial Services – will deliver the Annual Economic and Social Policy Lecture of 2022.  Minister Jones’s lecture will focus on Australia’s changing workforce and its impact on productivity and innovation. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the way people work has changed: workers are moving out of the cities and into the regions, many are enjoying more flexibility, and the online mode of doing business is becoming indispensable. However, these recent changes have also brought on new challenges, including the loss of intangibles resulting from casual ‘water cooler chats’.

Key issues for the RBA: Prof Warwick McKibbin AO - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Thursday Sep 29, 2022, 12:30 pm

From: New South Wales

This presentation will explore the key issues contained in the terms of reference of the RBA Review. The focus will be on the current and alternative monetary policy mandates, and the governance structure of the RBA in the context of likely future shocks due to climate change and the energy transition to a zero carbon world. Information about the Review, including terms of reference and panel members, is available here: https://rbareview.gov.au

Professional Members Dinner with Professor Zizzo

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Sep 28, 2022, 6:30 pm

From: Australian Capital Territory

The Economic Society of Australia (ACT) invites all their Professional Members to attend a dinner at the Commonwealth Club and meet with Professor Zizzo.

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Shann Memorial Lecture 2022

Event Type: Wide/Public Interest

Date: Wednesday Sep 28, 2022, 5:00 pm

From: Western Australia

The annual Shann Memorial Lecture was introduced to honour the memory of the Foundation Professor of Economics at UWA, Edward Owen Giblin Shann. Edward Shann has been regarded as the pioneer of the academic development of economics and traditional Australian economic history and he was a strong advocate of individual intellectual freedom and developing a sense of social responsibilities. He penned several books and essays on the economic history of Australia and was a major influence in formulating financial and fiscal policies in Australia.

Improving quality and choice in aged care

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Wednesday Sep 28, 2022, 11:00 am

From: Victoria

The Australian government spent approximately $21.5 billion on aged care in 2019-20. Despite spending more each year, the quality of aged care hasn't improved in Australia.

ESA NSW Branch - AGM 2022 - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Sep 27, 2022, 6:00 pm

From: New South Wales

Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of the ESA NSW Branch will be held on Tuesday 27 September 2022.

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A talk by the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Senior Representative in South Australia

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Sep 27, 2022, 5:30 pm

From: South Australia

Jonathan Kemp is the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Senior Representative in South Australia will be talking to the ESA-SA members on Tuesday 27 September 2022.

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Dr Jay Bhattacharya - SYDNEY

Date: Friday Sep 23, 2022, 6:30 pm

From: New South Wales

Jay Bhattacharya is one of the world's leading experts on public health policy and is appearing live in the heart of Sydney. He is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University and directs the Stanford Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging.

Dr Jay Bhattacharya - Dinner

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Wednesday Sep 21, 2022, 6:30 pm

From: Victoria

A Christian Response to the Pandemic

What would a Christian response to the pandemic have looked like?  Come along to hear from Dr Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University: a Christian, and one of the world's leading public health experts.  Event starts at 6.30pm in the Steakhouse Room at the Notting Hill Hotel, Notting Hill.