AU PC Speeches and Presentations Index, 2018–2026
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The Productivity Commission publishes a chronological archive of speeches delivered by current and former Chairs and Commissioners from 2018 through 2026, covering economic, social and environmental productivity topics affecting Australia. Speakers include Chair Danielle Wood, former Chair Michael Brennan, Deputy Chair Alex Robson, and Commissioner Catherine de Fontenay, with speech titles covering productivity growth, inequality, cost of living, higher education, healthcare reform, air service agreements, and minerals investment. The index serves as a reference resource for accessing individual speeches rather than establishing new regulatory obligations.
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The Productivity Commission has published a comprehensive index page listing all speeches and presentations delivered by its Chairs and Commissioners from 2018 through 2026, organized chronologically. The archive covers a broad range of economic, social and environmental productivity topics relevant to Australian public policy. The page functions as a navigation index providing titles, dates, speakers, and event venues for approximately 36 individual speeches, without containing the substantive content of the speeches themselves.
Affected parties seeking compliance or policy guidance should note that this index page does not itself establish regulatory obligations. Compliance officers and legal professionals wishing to access the substantive content of any listed speech must follow the individual links. The speeches address topics such as productivity growth, generational economic inequality, cost of living pressures, healthcare funding reform, higher education governance, critical minerals investment, and competition policy, all of which may inform broader regulatory and policy expectations in Australia.
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A range of speeches delivered by the current and former Chairs and Commissioners on economic, social and environmental productivity issues affecting Australia.
### Purity, pragmatism, and plenty of grey: how the PC seeks to influence policy
09 Feb 2026 Chair Danielle Wood presented to the Corporate Members’ Briefing Luncheon at the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, Adelaide University.
### Address to the 2025 Annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism
31 Oct 2025 Chair Danielle Wood delivered an Address to the 2025 Walkey Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
### Driving productivity growth – in conversation with Danielle Wood
27 Oct 2025 Chair Danielle Wood delivered an Address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (WA).
### Growth mindset: How to fix our productivity problem
18 Aug 2025 Chair Danielle Wood delivered a National Press Club address ahead of the Economic Reform Roundtable.
### International Women’s Day 2025 – March Forward
11 Mar 2025 Chair Danielle Wood spoke at an International Women’s Day breakfast hosted by the Governor of South Australia in Adelaide.
### Here to help: the role of economics in contemporary policy challenges
25 Nov 2024 Chair Danielle Wood delivered a speech at the Australian Public Service Economist Conference.
### The fraying generational bargain
26 Oct 2024 Chair Danielle Wood delivered a speech at the Centre for Independent Studies annual conference.
### Higher education and productivity
23 Oct 2024 Chair Danielle Wood presented to the National Conference on University Governance.
### Future Made in Australia legislation
29 Aug 2024 Deputy Chair Alex Robson delivered an opening statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee inquiry into the Future Made in Australia (FMIA) legislation.
### Inequality in Australia – what role does government policy play?
22 May 2024 Chair Danielle Wood delivered the 2024 Hugh Stretton Oration at the University of Adelaide.
### Future foundations for giving
25 Mar 2024 Deputy Chair Alex Robson delivered a speech to the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) on the Philanthropy draft report.
### Advancing Tasmania’s prosperity
02 Nov 2023 Commissioner Catherine de Fontenay delivered a speech to the 2023 Tasmanian Economic Forum.
### Commonwealth bilateral air service agreements
26 Sept 2023 Deputy Chair Alex Robson delivered an opening statement to the Senate Select Committee on Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements.
### Competition, dynamism and productivity
15 Sept 2023 Deputy Chair Alex Robson delivered an opening statement to the House of Representatives economics committee inquiry into promoting economic dynamism, competition and business formation.
### Future critical: meeting the minerals investment challenge
08 Sept 2023 Chair Michael Brennan addressed the Minerals Council of Australia’s 2023 Minerals Week Conference.
### Optimal industry policy
30 Aug 2023 Deputy Chair, Alex Robson, addressed the CSIRO Innovation for Impact Summit.
### Reflections on productivity, public policy, and challenges associated with Closing the Gap
23 Aug 2023 Presenting to the National Press Club, outgoing Chair Michael Brennan reflects on his time at the Commission, productivity, public policy and closing the gap.
### Organisational Economics Workshop in Australia
29 June 2023 Chair Michael Brennan spoke at the Markets, Contracts and Organizations Conference.
### Australia's cost of living challenge
23 June 2023 Deputy Chair Alex Robson made an opening statement to the Senate Select Committee on the Cost of Living public hearing.
### Economic regulation of airports
16 Nov 2022 Commissioner Paul Lindwall delivered a speech to the Australian Airports Association (AAA) National Conference.
### Australia's health workforce — a future looking perspective
28 Oct 2022 Chair Michael Brennan delivered the John Deeble Lecture on 26 October 2022.
### Is there madness in our method?
22 Sept 2022 Chair Michael Brennan addressed the 33rd Conference of the History of Economic Thought Society.
### Productivity: The key to prosperity
19 Aug 2022 Chair Michael Brennan spoke at the EY Pre-Summit Summit on Jobs and Skills on 17 August 2022.
### The case for measured optimism
19 Aug 2022 Chair Michael Brennan spoke virtually to an Australian Business Economists (ABE) seminar on 18 August 2022.
### Productivity, migration and skills
08 July 2022 Chair Michael Brennan presented at a Universities Australia event on 7 July 2022.
### Supply chain vulnerabilities
31 May 2022 Commissioner Catherine de Fontenay spoke at the Supply Chain Planning and Logistics Summit on 31 May 2022.
### Future ready? Australia and international trade in the post-pandemic global economy
06 May 2022 Deputy Chair Alex Robson presented at a joint Griffith Business School and Economic Society of Australia (ESA) event in Brisbane on 6 May 2022.
### Vocational education research
28 Apr 2022 Chair Michael Brennan presented at AVETRA’s Annual Conference on 28 April 2022.
### Economics of working from home
12 Oct 2021 Chair Michael Brennan spoke at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) panel discussion on 12 October 2021.
### Future productivity
22 Sept 2021 Chair Michael Brennan spoke at a Tax and Transfer Policy Institute / Business Council of Australia workshop on 22 September 2021.
### The working from home evolution
18 Aug 2021 Chair Michael Brennan spoke at a seminar panel event for RMIT University on 17 August 2021.
### Reform and sustainable funding of healthcare
03 Aug 2021 Chair Michael Brennan delivered a speech to the Healthcare Leaders Forum on 3 August 2021.
### Right to repair draft report
09 July 2021 Commissioner Paul Lindwall delivered a speech to the Australian Repair Summit in Canberra on 9 July 2021.
### Productivity priorities post-pandemic
08 June 2021 Chair Michael Brennan delivered a speech via a CEDA Interactive livestream on 8 June 2021.
### Recession, recovery and reform
27 May 2021 Chair Michael Brennan delivered a speech to the Property Council in Canberra on 26 May 2021.
### A brief overview of the mental health inquiry report
06 May 2021 Commissioner Stephen King delivered a speech to the Mental Health Coordinating Council on 6 May 2021.
### Services sector productivity
15 Apr 2021 Chair Michael Brennan delivered a speech to the McKell Institute on 15 April 2021.
### Future of the global trading system
16 Mar 2021 Commissioner Jonathan Coppel participated in a trade policy panel session for the United States Studies Centre (USSC) on 16 March 2021.
### Rise of digital technology
16 Mar 2021 Chair Michael Brennan delivered a speech to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) on 12 March 2021.
### Healthcare – why quality matters
25 Nov 2020 Chair Michael Brennan gave the opening keynote address at the Australian Healthcare Funding Summit, held on 25 November 2020.
### Productivity reform in Australia and New Zealand: Barriers and opportunities
24 Nov 2020 Chair Michael Brennan participated in a joint panel discussion between Australian, New Zealand and State Productivity Commissions, held online on 24 November 2020.
### The COVID-19 recovery: A view from the supply side
23 Sept 2020 Chair Michael Brennan provided an online briefing to the Australian Business Economists on 23 September 2020.
### Private health insurance
07 Feb 2020 Chair Michael Brennan spoke at the Members Health Directors' Conference in Sydney on 4 February 2020.
### 2019 Grace Groom Memorial Oration
29 Jan 2020 Commissioner Stephen King delivered the 2019 Grace Groom Memorial Oration for Mental Health Australia at the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Monday 25 November 2019.
### Economic knowledge and the state
12 Dec 2019 Productivity Commission Chair Michael Brennan delivered a speech to the Economic Knowledge and the State: past, present, future Symposium at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra on 12 December 2019.
### Human services: The next wave of productivity reform
18 Nov 2019 Commissioner Stephen King delivered the Queensland Productivity Commission (QPC) Productivity Lecture in Brisbane on 8 November 2019.
### Healthcare: A wide-angled view
15 Nov 2019 Productivity Commission Chair Michael Brennan spoke at the Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) Members Policy Forum in Canberra on 12 November 2019.
### Productivity, growth and progress
11 Sept 2019 Productivity Commission Chair Michael Brennan spoke at the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) Chairs and CEOs Forum in Canberra on 10 September 2019.
### Future of markets and TAFE
10 Sept 2019 Productivity Commission Chair Michael Brennan presented to the TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) Convention in Brisbane on 4 September 2019.
### Healthcare: Why we need to do things differently
09 Sept 2019 Productivity Commission Chair Michael Brennan participated in the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association's (AHHA) Blueprint Refresh Roundtable in Brisbane on 2 September 2019.
### Reaping broader economic benefits from an effective healthcare system: A visual lens
24 July 2019 Productivity Commission Chair Michael Brennan presented to the Consumer Health Summit in Canberra on 24 July 2019.
### How can economics contribute to better policy-making in future?
15 July 2019 Productivity Commission Chair Michael Brennan delivered a speech to the Australian Conference of Economics in Melbourne on 15 July 2019.
### A whole of government Indigenous Evaluation Strategy
02 July 2019 Commissioner Romlie Mokak delivered a speech for a NAIDOC event at the Institute of Public Administration Australia in Canberra on 2 July 2019.
### Economic regulation of airports - the Commission's draft report
21 Mar 2019 Commissioner Paul Lindwall delivered a speech to the Infrastructure Partnerships Australia Industry Lunch in Sydney on 19 March 2019.
### Regulating in the digital economy
28 Feb 2019 Commissioner Jonathon Coppel delivered a speech to the Regulatory Reform Summit 2019 in Canberra on 28 February 2019.
### Fitness and the future of work: Time to swap out the marathon for F45
31 Oct 2018 Deputy Chair Karen Chester delivered a speech to the CEDA Queensland event 'Workforce fit for the future?' in Brisbane on 31 October 2018.
### Trends in economic inequality over 27 Years of economic growth
15 Oct 2018 Commissioner Jonathan Coppel delivered a speech to the Economic and Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne on 12 October 2018.
### Growth's running mate
11 Oct 2018 Deputy Chair Karen Chester delivered a speech to the 2018 Economic and Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne on 11 October 2018.
### Seven stories from 'Rising inequality? A stocktake of the evidence'
28 Aug 2018 Chairman Peter Harris teamed up with Commissioner Jonathan Coppel to deliver a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra on 28 August 2018.
### Have 'Big tech' platforms got too much power?
31 July 2018 Commissioner Stephen King delivered a speech to the Australian Financial Review (AFR) Innovation Summit 2018 on 31 July 2018 in Sydney.
### The future of work: Is it something completely different?
17 July 2018 Our Deputy Chair, Karen Chester, gave a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) WA on 17 July 2018 in Perth.
### Data, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Australia's New Consumer Right
04 July 2018 Peter Harris delivered a speech to the International Institute of Communications (IIC) Telecommunication and Media Forum (TMF) on 4 July 2018 in Sydney.
### Will reformed human services markets be a good thing for older Australians?
28 June 2018 Commissioner Stephen King gave a speech to the COTA National Forum on 28 June 2018 in Canberra.
### Superannuation: Performing for all members?
06 June 2018 Our Deputy Chair, Karen Chester, presented a speech to the McKell Institute Executive Policy Forum boardroom luncheon on 6 June 2018 in Melbourne.
### Infrastructure
24 May 2018 Peter Harris delivered the Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) Infrastructure 2018 Oration on 24 May 2018 in Melbourne.
### Pursuit of transparency and accountability
16 May 2018 Peter Harris presented a speech to the CFO Forum on 16 May 2018 in Sydney.
### Challenges, threats and opportunities for Australian international trade
24 Apr 2018 Peter Harris presented a speech to the European Australian Business Council (EABC) on 24 April 2018 in Sydney.
### Competition in the financial system
27 Feb 2018 Peter Harris presented a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on 26 February 2018 in Melbourne.
### Productivity and policy challenges in an environment of pervasive uncertainty
20 July 2017 Peter Harris presented a speech to the Economic and Social Outlook Conference on 20 July 2017 in Melbourne.
### Data - The thing that ties it all together
22 Mar 2017 Peter Harris gave a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on 22 March 2017 in Melbourne.
### What is fair?
24 Feb 2017 Deputy Chair, Karen Chester, presented a speech on copyright to the Australian Digital Alliance Forum in Canberra on 24 February 2017.
### Five-year Productivity Review
13 Dec 2016 Peter Harris, addressed the Productivity Conference in Canberra on 13 December 2016.
### Public policy and what's missing in action?
06 Dec 2016 Our deputy chair, Karen Chester, says evidence based research is a critically endangered beast in her speech to the CSIRO-Monash Superannuation Research Cluster Conference 2016 in Melbourne on 6 December 2016.
### Productivity, innovation and Review of the Workplace Relations Regulatory Framework
04 Nov 2016 Peter Harris gave a keynote presentation to the Australian Labour Law Association Conference on 4 November 2016 in Melbourne.
### Reconsidering the sacred cow of housing: Policies for an ageing Australia
18 Feb 2016 Peter Harris gave an address at the Curtin University Public Policy Forum 2016 on 18 February 2016 in Perth.
### Older Australians and the bucket list
06 Nov 2015 Commissioner Karen Chester's speaking notes from an address to the Economic and Social Outlook Conference 2015 - Rebuilding Foundations for Reform - on 6 November 2015 in Melbourne.
### Making a difference
05 Nov 2015 Peter Harris gave an address to the Economic and Social Outlook Conference 2015 - Rebuilding Foundations for Reform - on 5 November 2015 in Melbourne.
### Public housing and employment
29 Oct 2015 Peter Harris gave an address to the National Housing Conference 2015 in Perth on 29 October.
### Reviving Harper
22 Sept 2015 Peter Harris gave an address to the Australian Competition Policy Summit 2015 in Sydney on 22 September.
### CEDA: Workplace relations
14 Aug 2015 Peter Harris gave an address to the Committee on Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on 14 August detailing the draft recommendations of the Workplace Relations Framework inquiry.
### The case for infrastructure pricing reform - What water can teach roads
27 July 2015 Peter Harris delivered a speech to the Infrastructure Partners Australia Water Symposium in Sydney on 27 July 2015.
### Free Trade Agreements
21 July 2015 Peter Harris delivered the opening statement to the Joint Select Committee on Trade and Investment Growth - Inquiry into Business Experience in Utilising Australia's Free Trade Agreements' hearing on 21 July 2015.
### Remarks at the 2015 Australian Domestic Gas Outlook Conference
25 Mar 2015 Peter Harris delivered a speech to the 2015 Australian Domestic Gas Outlook Conference Curbing red tape for energy production - creating regulation nirvana in Sydney on 25 March 2015.
### An Economist and a Lawyer went to lunch... some reflections on the Productivity Commission's access to civil justice inquiry
03 Feb 2015 Former Commissioner, Dr Warren Mundy delivered a public lecture to the The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration in Melbourne on 3 February 2015.
### Infrastructure reform
12 Sept 2014 Peter Harris delivered a keynote address to the Partnerships 2014 - Infrastructure and Investment Conference in Melbourne on 12 September 2014.
### Address to the 2014 Annual Stockbrokers Conference
29 May 2014 Peter Harris delivered an address to the 2014 Annual Stockbrokers Conference in Melbourne on 29 May 2014. ### Infrastructure for an ageing Australia
09 May 2014 CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) Infrastructure series: funding and financing lunch in Brisbane on 9 May 2014. ### Address to the Australian Automobile Association
25 Mar 2014 Australian Automobile Association Policy Forum Infrastructure Solutions for the 21st Century in Canberra on 25 March 2014. ### Competition policy and deregulation: Challenges and choices
07 Mar 2014 Australian National University public forum Competition policy and deregulation: challenges and choices in Canberra on 7 March 2014. ### Productivity in government
21 Feb 2014 CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) forum in Melbourne on 21 February 2014. ### Observations on productivity, national income and the demographic outlook
19 Nov 2013 Australian Institute of Company Directors' Breakfast in Perth on 19 November 2013. ### Productivity and the national income outlook
18 Sept 2013 Trans-Tasman Business Circle Productivity Series dinner in Perth on 18 September 2013. ### The productivity reform outlook
01 May 2013 Tasman Transparency Group Productivity Agenda seminar in Sydney on 1 May 2013. ### Advancing the reform agenda: Selected speeches
10 Dec 2012 A compendium of speeches by Gary Banks on the reform agenda was released on 10 December 2012. ### Productivity policies: The 'to do' list
01 Nov 2012 Gary Banks addressed the Economic and Social Outlook Conference, 'Securing the Future' in Melbourne on 1 November 2012. ### Competition policy's regulatory innovations: Quo vadis?
26 July 2012 Gary Banks gave this speech to the ACCC Regulatory Conference 2012, Brisbane, 26 July and the Economists Conference Business Symposium, Melbourne, 12 July 2012.. ### Whither trans-Tasman economic relations? Some emerging themes
18 June 2012 This paper was presented by Gary Banks to CEDA's State of the Nation Conference in Canberra on 18 June 2012. It was prepared as part of the joint study by the Australian and New Zealand Productivity Commissions on Strengthening Trans-Tasman… ### Industry assistance in a 'Patchwork economy'
24 Nov 2011 Gary Banks gave the speech to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry dinner on 23 November 2011. ### Independent policy advice and the Productivity Commission
23 Sept 2011 Gary Banks gave the Chancellor's Lecture at Swinburne University on 22 September 2011. ### Economics, economists and public policy in Australia
14 July 2011 Gary Banks gave the opening address to the 40th Australian Conference of Economists Symposium, Does Australian public policy get the economics it deserves? on the 14 July 2011 at the Shine Dome in Canberra. ### Australia's mining boom: What's the problem?
30 June 2011 An address given by Gary Banks to the session 'Managing the Growth Shock' at the Economic and Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne on 30 June 2011. ### Evidence and social policy: The case of gambling
07 Apr 2011 A speech given by Chairman Gary Banks to the South Australian Centre for Economics in Adelaide on 30 March 2011. ### Comparing carbon policies internationally: The 'challenges'
24 Mar 2011 A presentation given by Gary Banks to the BCA/AIGN Carbon Pricing Forum in Canberra on 23 March 2011, based on the Commission's Methodology Working Paper. ### Successful reform: Past lessons, future challenges
08 Dec 2010 Gary Banks gave a keynote address to the Annual Forecasting Conference of the Australian Business Economists in Sydney on 8 December 2010. ### From measuring production to measuring wellbeing
29 July 2010 The Productivity Commission hosted a seminar by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz on 29 July 2010. The seminar was the first event in the Economic Society of Australia's Eminent Speaker Series, sponsored nationally by… ### Advancing Australia's 'Human Capital Agenda'
22 Apr 2010 On 13 April, Gary Banks gave the fourth Ian Little Lecture in Melbourne. ### An economy-wide view: Speeches on structural reform
29 Mar 2010 This volume contains edited versions of speeches delivered over the past dozen years in a variety of settings. They were selected for inclusion according to the significance and contemporary relevance of the issues they address, as reflected in… ### Statistics, productivity and reform
26 Mar 2010 On 24 March, Gary Banks gave a keynote presentation to The Official Statistics 'Forum 2010' in Wellington, New Zealand. ### Markets: How free?
30 Nov 2009 Gary Banks gave this presentation to the Whitlam Institute 'Governing the Economy Symposium' on 30 November 2009 in Sydney. ### Back to the future: Restoring Australia's productivity growth
05 Nov 2009 Gary Banks gave a presentation to the 2009 Economic and Social Outlook Conference on 5 November 2009 in Melbourne. ### Executive pay: Economic issues from the Commission's report
16 Oct 2009 Gary Banks gave this speech to the Economics Society of Australia, Canberra Branch Annual Dinner on 14 October 2009. ### Are we overcoming Indigenous disadvantage?
07 July 2009 A speech given by Chairman Gary Banks gave a speech as part of Reconciliation Australia's Closing the Gap lecture series on 7 July 2009. ### The Productivity Commission's executive pay inquiry: An update on the issues
03 June 2009 Gary Banks gave a presentation on developments in the Commission's inquiry to FINSIA forums in Sydney and Melbourne on 3-4 June 2009. ### Evidence-based policy-making: What is it? How do we get it?
04 Feb 2009 A speech given by Chairman Gary Banks at the Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)/Australian National University (ANU) Lecture Series on 4 February 2009. ### Industry policy for a productive Australia
07 Aug 2008 Gary Banks gave the Colin Clark Memorial Lecture in Brisbane on 6 August 2008 on the topic Industry Policy for a Productive Australia. ### Health costs and policy in an ageing Australia
26 June 2008 Commission Chairman Gary Banks delivered the 2008 Health Policy Oration at the Australian National University (ANU) on 26 June 2008. ### Riding the third wave: Some challenges in national reform
27 Mar 2008 An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the 2008 Melbourne Institute Economic and Social Outlook Conference 'New agenda for prosperity' on 27 March 2008. ### Public inquiries in policy formulation: Australia's Productivity Commission
03 Sept 2007 An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the International Workshop 'Australia’s Public Inquiry Experience and Economic System Reform in China' hosted by the China-Australia Governance Program in Beijing, China, on 3 September 2007. ### Gambling in Australia: Are we balancing the equation?
19 Aug 2007 A presentation by Chairman Gary Banks to the Australian Gaming Expo Conference in Sydney on 19 August 2007. ### Domestic transparency in Australia's economic and trade reforms: The role of 'The Commission'
04 July 2007 A paper presented by Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks to to the Lowy Institute and Tasman Transparency Group Conference 'Enhancing Transparency in the Multilateral Trading System' in Sydney on 4 July 2007. ### Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage in Australia
29 June 2007 A speech presented by Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks to an OECD World Forum on 'Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies' in Istanbul on 29 June 2007. ### Great expectations: Management (and other) lessons from the Regulation Taskforce
15 May 2007 A paper presented by the Chairman to the L21 Public Sector Leadership Conference in Sydney on 15 May 2007. ### Regulation for Australia's federation in the 21st century
03 Nov 2006 Paper presented to the 2006 Melbourne Institute/The Australian Social and Economic Outlook Conference, 'Making The Boom Pay: securing the next generation of prosperity', held at The University of Melbourne, 2-3 November 2006. ### Tackling the underlying causes of over-regulation: An update
24 Oct 2006 A public address by Chairman Gary Banks, who also chaired the Regulation Taskforce, to the 'Australian Regulatory Reform Evolution' conference in Canberra on 24 October 2006. ### Explaining the housing market puzzle
12 Aug 2006 A paper presented by the Chairman to the Centre for Independent Studies 'Concilium', at Coolum, Queensland on 12 August 2006. ### Reducing the regulatory burden: The way forward
17 May 2006 A public address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies, Melbourne on 17 May 2006. ### Road and rail pricing: Some early observations... and more questions
28 Apr 2006 A speech given by Chairman Gary Banks at a seminar in Canberra on 28 April 2006. ### Comparing school systems across Australia
28 Sept 2005 A speech given by the Chairman to the ANZSOG conference, ‘Schooling in the 21st Century: Unlocking Human Potential’ in Sydney on 28 September 2005. ### Policy implications of an ageing Australia: An illustrated guide
27 Sept 2005 A presentation by Chairman Gary Banks to the Financial Review 'Ageing Population Summit' held in Sydney on 27 September 2005. ### Indigenous disadvantage: Are we making progress?
21 Sept 2005 A speech given by the Chairman to a CEDA gathering in Adelaide on 21 September 2005 and at a HREOC workshop in Sydney. ### Regulation-making in Australia: Is it broke? How do we fix it?
07 July 2005 A speech by Chairman Gary Banks given as part of the Public Lecture Series of the Australian Centre of Regulatory Economics (ACORE) and the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, ANU, Canberra on 7 July 2005. ### Structural reform Australian-style: Lessons for others?
21 June 2005 A seminar presented by Chairman Gary Banks in conjunction with recent meetings at the IMF, World Bank and OECD. ### NCP and beyond: An agenda for national reform
06 Dec 2004 On 6 December 2004, Commission Chairman Gary Banks gave an address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) in Melbourne. ### An ageing Australia: Small beer or big bucks?
29 Apr 2004 An address by Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks to the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, Economic Briefing in Adelaide on 29 April 2004. ### A welcome to the Commission's 30th Anniversary celebration
11 Dec 2003 Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks welcomed guests to the Commission’s’ 30th anniversary celebration in Melbourne on 11 December 2003. ### Indigenous disadvantage: Assessing policy impacts
13 Nov 2003 An address given by the Chairman to the conference 'Pursing Opportunity and Prosperity' hosted by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and The Australian in Melbourne on 13 November 2003. ### The good, the bad and the ugly: Economic perspectives on regulation in Australia
02 Oct 2003 An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the 'Conference of Economists 2003 Business Symposium' at the Hyatt Hotel, Canberra on 2 October 2003. ### Australia's economic 'miracle'
01 Aug 2003 An address given by Chairman Gary Banks to the 'welcome dinner' for the Forum on Postgraduate Economics hosted by the ANU in Canberra on 1 August 2003. ### Gaining from trade liberalisation: Some reflections on Australia's experience
05 June 2003 An address given by the Chairman to the Conference 'New Horizons in Trade: The WTO Round and Australia's Free Trade Negotiations' on 5 June 2003. ### 'Minimum effective regulation' and the mining industry
03 June 2003 An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Minerals Council of Australia's Annual Industry Seminar on 3 June 2003. ### Reducing the business costs of regulation
20 Mar 2003 An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Small Business Coalition in Canberra on 20 March 2003. ### The Productivity Commission's gambling inquiry: 3 years on
21 Nov 2002 An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Brisbane on 21 November 2002. ### Inter-state bidding wars: Calling a truce
06 Nov 2002 An address by the Chairman to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Brisbane, on 6 November 2002. ### The contribution to public policy of Professor Richard Hal Snape (1936-2002)
08 Oct 2002 The Chairman, Gary Banks, gave a eulogy on the contribution to public policy of Prof. Richard Hal Snape, Deputy Chairman of the Productivity Commission, at the Armadale Uniting Church, Melbourne on 8 October 2002. ### Getting the most out of the WTO and the Doha round
23 Aug 2002 The Chairman's opening presentation to a one-day public hearing on the WTO Doha Round, held by the Trade Sub-Committee of Parliament on 23 August 2002. ### Regulating Australia's infrastructure: Looking forward
14 Aug 2002 An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the National Infrastructure Summit hosted by The Australian Financial Review and AusCID, Melbourne on 14 August 2002. ### The 'Baby and the bath water': Avoiding efficiency mishaps in regulating monopoly infrastructure
05 July 2002 An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) conference 'Incentive Regulation at the Crossroad ### Australia's interests in the WTO
05 Apr 2002 An address given by the Chairman on 5 April 2002 to the conference 'Towards Opportunity and Prosperity' organised by The Australian and The Melbourne Institute. ### The Productivity Commission's automotive inquiry
26 Mar 2002 A presentation by Chairman Gary Banks to the Southern Region of the Federation of Automotive Products Manufacturers in Melbourne on 26 March 2002. ### Competition regulation of infrastructure: Getting the balance right
13 Mar 2002 A paper presented by Gary Banks to the IIR Conference, National Competition Policy, Seven Years On, in Melbourne on 14 March 2002 ### The drivers of Australia's productivity surge
07 Mar 2002 A paper presented by Chairman Gary Banks to the ABARE Outlook 2002 Conference in Canberra on 7 March 2002. ### Reviewing the service performance of Australian governments
20 Feb 2002 A speech given by Chairman Gary Banks to the 'Measuring and Managing Government Performance Summit' hosted by the International Quality and Productivity Centre in Canberra on 20 F ### Article on microreform's productivity payoff
18 Feb 2002 On 18 February 2002 an article entitled Microreform’s Productivity Payoff, written by the Chairman Gary Banks, was published in The Australian newspaper (under the heading “Complacency the enemy ### The Role of ICT in Australia's economic performance
26 Sept 2001 An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Communications Research Forum, Canberra on 26 September 2001. ### Competition and the public interest
12 July 2001 On 12 July 2001 the Chairman, Gary Banks, addressed the National Competition Council Workshop on competition and the public interest. ### Challenges for Australia in regulatory reform
10 July 2001 The Chairman gave an address to the conference, Regulation Reform Management and Scrutiny of Legislation, hosted by the NSW State Parliament, Sydney on 10 July 2001. ### Productive R&D Assistance
28 Nov 2000 A speech given by the Chairman Gary Banks to the Melbourne Institute Public Economies Forum on 28 November 2000. ### Competition: The best price regulator
20 Nov 2000 An address by the Chairman to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on 21 November 2000. ### Meeting the challenge of change in regional Australia
09 Nov 2000 Melbourne symposium 'Renaissance of the Regions' organised by the Institute of Public Administration Australia. ### The Asian Financial Crisis
01 Dec 1999 In December 1999, Professor Anne Krueger visited the Productivity Commission and delivered a lecture. This paper, The Asian Financial Crisis, is the text of the lecture, based on the transcript. ### Microeconomic reform: beauty or the beast?
29 Mar 1999 An address by the Chairman to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Trustees in Melbourne on 29 March 1999. ### Policy implications of the ageing of Australia's population
18 Mar 1999 This speech by Chairman Gary Banks introduced the first session of the 'Conference on the Policy Implications of the Ageing of Australia’s Population' held in Melbourne on 18 and1 ### Towards best practice regulation: The National 'Standard'
23 Feb 1999 An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the ESAA Conference 'Best Practice Regulation for Electricity Supply Businesses' in Melbourne on 23 February 1999. ### Human capital, the universities and microeconomic reform
16 Sept 1998 A speech by the Chairman to the Victorian Economic Society Forum in Melbourne on 16 September 1998. ### Why have a Productivity Commission?
26 Aug 1998 A speech delivered on 26 August 1998 by Chairman Gary Banks to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia 'Public Education Forum' discussing the philosophy, role, and future directions of t ### Chairman's speech to the Australian Coalition of Service Industries
17 June 1998 A speech delivered on 17 June 1998 by the Chairman to the Australian Coalition of Service Industries Council Dinner on the reform agenda in Australia. ### The Industry Commission's report on private health insurance in Australia
28 May 1998 The keynote address delivered by Chairman Gary Banks to 'The White Paper on PMI - Looking to the Future' conference at the Centre for Insurance Studies, University C
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