ESOC 2003
Pursuing Opportunity & Prosperity
Thursday, 13 November 2003
| Official Opening | |
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| View presentation | His Excellency the Major General Philip Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia |
| Session 1: Economic and Social Stocktake | |
The Economic, Social and Environmental Performance of Australia: A Stocktake | Professor Peter Dawkins, Director, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne |
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Productivity, Incomes and Equality: How Does Australian Measure Up? View presentation | Mr Dennis Trewin, Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics |
The Intergenerational Report – 18 Months On | Dr Ken Henry, Secretary, The Treasury |
The Stocktake | Mr Chris Richardson, Director Access Economics |
Equity Issues: Today and Tomorrow | Professor Ann Harding, Director, NATSEM, The University of Canberra |
| Session 2: Concurrent | |
| Session 2A: Outlook for the Economy | |
The Economy Outlook | Mr Chris Richardson, Director Access Economics |
Perspectives on Credit & the Foreign Exchange Market | Mr Bill Evans, Westpac Banking Corporation |
Outlook for the Economy | Mr Saul Eslake, Chief Economist, Group Economics, ANZ Banking Group |
The Macroeconomic Outlook View presentation | Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends 4.03 | Associate Professor Peter Summers, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne |
| Session 2B: Welfare Reform – Is It Helping the Disadvantaged into Jobs and Mainstream Society? | |
Welfare Reform: Is It Helping The Disadvantaged Into Jobs And Mainstream Society? | Senator Kay Patterson MP, Minister for Family and Community Services |
Realising the Potential of Mature Age People Through Social and Economic Participation | Mr Patrick McClure, CEO, Mission Australia |
Tax, Welfare and Jobs: A First Step to Reform | Professor Peter Saunders, Social Research Director, The Centre for Independent Studies |
Our Real and Stubborn Social and Economic Crisis | Professor Robert Gregory, Australian National University |
| Session 2C: University Reform | |
A speech spoken to by Dr Brendon Nelson MP | Dr Brendan Nelson MP, Minister for Education, Science and Training |
University Reform | Ms Jenny Macklin MP, Deputy Leader of the Opposition |
Funding Universities: An Investment for the Future | Professor Richard Larkins, Vice-Chancellor and President, Monash University |
| Session 3: Concurrent | |
| Session 3A: What’s Wrong with the Housing Market | |
Trends in Housing Prices and Finance | Dr Philip Lowe, Head of Economic Analysis, Reserve Bank of Australia |
What’s wrong with the housing market? | Mr Warwick Temby, Chief Executive – Services, Housing Industry Association |
The Housing Lifeline: A Policy for Short-Term Housing Affordability | Professor Stephen King, The University of Melbourne and Professor Joshua Gans, Melbourne Business School |
| Session 3B: How do we reduce Work Disincentives in the Tax and Social Security System? | |
A Fair Prosperity through Reward for Effort | Mr Wayne Swan MP, Shadow Minister for Family and Community Services |
Modifying Income Support in the Australian Tax and Transfer System | Professors Alan Duncan, University of Nottingham, Professor Peter Dawkins, The University of Melbourne, and John Freebairn, The University of Melbourne |
| Session 3C: Schools: Is the State System in Decay? | |
A Speech spoken to by Dr Brendon Nelson MP | Dr Brendan Nelson MP, Minister for Education, Science and Training |
Schools: Is the State System in Decay? | Ms Lynne Kosky, Victorian Minister for Education and Training |
A New Vision for Public Schools in Australia | Professor Brian Caldwell, Dean, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne |
| Session 4: Indigenous Development | |
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Indicators of Policy Impacts | Mr Gary Banks, Chairman, Productivity Commission |
| [No paper provided] | Senator Amanda Vanstone MP, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
Man Cannot Live By Service Delivery Alone | Mr Gerhardt Pearson, Executive Director, Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation |
Indigenous Development in Australia: A Canadian Perspective | Mr Neil Sterritt, President, Sterritt Consulting |
| Gala Conference Dinner, 7.00 pm for 7.30pm | |
The Australian Economy in the 21st Century | Mr Ian J. Macfarlane, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia |
Friday, 14 November 2003
| Session 5: The Great Australian Trade Debate – Asia and the United States; the WTO and the FTA | |
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The Great Australian Debate – Asia and the United States: the WTO and the FTA | Professor Peter Lloyd, The University of Melbourne |
Australian Trade Policy After the Week of Big Diplomacy | Professor Ross Garnaut, Australian National University |
| Session 6: Concurrent | |
| Session 6A: Innovation and Commercialisation | |
Innovation and Commercialisation | Professor Derek Bosworth, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne, and Ms Glenys Harding, The University of Melbourne |
Assessing Australia’s Innovative Capacity in the 21st Century | Professor Joshua Gans, Melbourne Business School |
Building Australian high-tech businesses: The evangelizing entrepreneur and the hard-nosed investor | Dr Jonathan Lacey, Agilent Technologies |
| Session 6B: Living and Working in Australia – Early Evidence from the HILDA Survey | |
Balancing Work and Family at the Start of the 21st Century: Evidence from Wave 1 of the HILDA Survey | Professor Mark Wooden, Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne |
Balancing Family and Work | Mr Kevin Andrews MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations |
Why HILDA’s Life Could Do With a Little Balance (The significance of the Survey of Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia for women, men and family happiness) | Ms Pru Goward, Commissioner, Equal Rights and Sex Discrimination Commission |
Living And Working In Australia | Mr Greg Combet, Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions |
| Session 6C: The Health Insurance Debate | |
| Mr Tony Abbott MP, Minister for Health and Ageing | |
The Health Insurance Debate | Ms Julia Gillard, Shadow Minister for Health |
Problems and Solutions for the Health Insurance System in Australia | Professor Stephen King, The University of Melbourne |
The Private Health Insurance rebate | Professor John Deeble, Australian National University |
| Session 6D: Water Scarcity – The New Reform Agenda | |
Water Scarcity: Challenging Some Australian Myths | Professor Peter Cullen, Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies |
Institutions to Deal With Water Scarcity | Dr Neil Byron, Commissioner, Productivity Commission |
Allocating Scarce Water | Professor John Freebairn, The University of Melbourne |
| Lunch, 12.00–1.15pm | |
Statement on Taxation Reform | Mr Mark Latham MP, Shadow Assistant Treasurer |
| Session 7: Concurrent | |
| Session 7A: What Now for Competition Policy? | |
Advance Australia Competitive and Fair: A perspective of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | Mr Graeme Samuel, Chairman, ACCC |
A Third Wave Of Competition Reform | Mr Mark Latham MP, Shadow Treasurer |
The Future of Competition Policy | Professor Allan Fels, Dean, Australian – New Zealand School of Government |
Unfinished Business – The Next Stage of Competition Policy | Professor Stephen King, The University of Melbourne |
| Session 7B: Keeping Older Workers in Work | |
| Ms Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Ageing | |
Age Can Work – The Case for Supporting Older Workers | Ms Katie Lahey, CEO, Business Council of Australia |
Mature age employment in Australia – What is happening and what can policy do? | Professor Jeff Borland, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne |
Why has Employment Recently Risen Among Older Workers in Britain? | Professor Richard Disney, University of Nottingham |
| Session 7C: Creating Child Friendly Communities | |
| Mr Larry Anthony MP, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs | |
Why Child Development is Crucial For Opportunity & Prosperity in Australia in the 21st Century | Professor Fiona Stanley, Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth |
Building Family-Centered Community-Based Early Childhood Systems to Support Optimal Development | Professor Neal Halfon, Director, Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, UCLA |
| Session 7D: Corporate Philanthropy | |
Corporate Community Engagement | Mr Geoff Allen, Co-Chairman, Allen Consulting |
Remarks by Michael Fullilove | Mr Michael Fullilove, Lowy Institute for International Policy |
| Ms Winsome McCaughey, Australian Business Arts Foundation | |
| [No paper provided] | Mr Sam Lipski, Chief Executive Officer, The Pratt Foundation |
| Session 8: Three Treasury Secretaries – What is the Budget Constraint? | |
What is the budget constraint? | Mr Ian Little, Secretary, Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance |
Fiscal Policy – Some Personal Reflections | Mr Tony Cole, Mercer Investment Consulting and Chair, Melbourne Institute Advisory Board (former Commonwealth Treasury Secretary) |
The Budget Constraint | Mr Ted Evans (former Commonwealth Treasury Secretary) |
| Session 9: Towards Opportunity and Prosperity | |
[No paper provided] | Mr Paul Kelly, Editor-at-Large, The Australian |