For Immediate Release: National Economic Review: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit
Announcement posted by Global Access Partners 14 Sep 2011
with concerns over skill shortages balanced against concerns regarding the continent’s
environmental carrying capacity in the face of global warming and other challenges.
Current considerations regarding housing and transport, hospitals and aged care
facilities, food production and employment must increasingly be led by an overarching
population policy.
Public policy network Global Access Partners will host its National Economic Review
2011: Australia's Annual Growth Summit at Parliament House, Sydney on Friday 16
September. The event will address housing, transport, health, immigration, employment
and other key issues surrounding population in Australia.
“It is obvious population growth will have a major impact on development and industrialisation,
infrastructure planning, job creation and the wider social national economy,” Summit Executive
Manager Lisa Middlebrook said.
“What is much less obvious is now we manage and create an Australian population that maintains
a vibrant economy, a living, healthy environment and a culture of which we can be proud.
“The summit, which features some of the brightest minds in Australia, will focus on these key
issues as we aim to not only discuss our future and the impact of a larger population but develop
the framework to address these questions and plan for a larger Australia.”
The day is broken into three sessions: ‘Demographics & Population’, ‘Infrastructure’ and ‘Jobs and
Fiscal Policy’.
Keynote speakers include:
Hon Andrew Stoner MP, Deputy Premier, Minister for Trade & Investment, Minister
for Regional Infrastructure & Services, NSW Government
Dr Keith Suter, Managing Director, Global Directions think tank, Foreign Affairs
Editor, Channel 7, Sunrise
Hon Lindsay Tanner, Special Advisor to Lazard, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, Victoria
University
CONTACTS
Interviews with keynote speakers - Olga Bodrova, 02 8303 2420/0408 024 712
Summit’s content and objectives - Lisa Middlebrook, 0425 383 327
Full programme is outlined below:
NATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW 2011 SUMMIT
PROGRAMME
Friday, 16 September 2011
Legislative Assembly Chamber
Parliament House of New South Wales
Macquarie St, Sydney
8:15am Registration
8:55am Introduction Ms Lisa Middlebrook
Executive Manager – Strategy & Policy
Global Access Partners
Welcome Address The Honourable Anthony Roberts MP
Minister for Fair Trading
New South Wales Government
Opening Keynote Address The Honourable Andrew Stoner MP
Deputy Premier
Minister for Trade & Investment
Minister for Regional Infrastructure & Services
New South Wales Government
9:20am Session One demographics & population
“Population & Demographics;
Health & Demographics; Immigration Policy”
Session Chair Mr Tim Harcourt
Chief Economist
Australian Trade Commission
Prof Bob Birrell
Co-director, Centre for Population &
Urban Research Reader in Sociology
Monash University
Mr Alan Castleman
Chairman, Australian Unity Limited
10:45am Discussion
10:30am Morning Tea Break The Strangers Lounge, Parliament House
10:50am Session Two infrastructure
“Transportation, Health, Trade Capacity,
Information & Communications Technology”
Session Chair Dr Peter Woodgate
Chief Executive Officer
Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information
Dr Ian Watt AO
Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal AO
Chair, World Medical Association (WMA) Council
National Clinical Lead, National e-Health Transition Authority
Mr James Bangay
General Manager - ROAMES, Ergon Energy
11:35am Discussion
12:30pm Lunch Macquarie Room, Parliament House
Introduction Mr Lee White
Executive General Manager - Members
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Keynote Presentation “Australia’s Population Debate:
An International Perspective”
Dr Keith Suter
Managing Director, Global Directions think tank
Foreign Affairs Editor, Channel 7 Sunrise
1:45pm Session Three JOBS AND FISCAL POLICY
“Fiscal Pressures, Job Creation, Education,
Innovation and Productivity”
Session Chair Mr Alan Castleman
Chairman, Australian Unity Limited
Mr Alan Bennett
Vice President and Managing Director
HP Enterprise Services, South Pacific
Prof Tony Peacock
Chief Executive, Cooperative Research Centres Association
2:25pm Discussion
3:00pm Keynote Presentation “Changing gear: Preparing for a different world”
Introduction Ms Lisa Middlebrook
Executive Manager – Strategy & Policy, Global Access Partners
Keynote Speaker The Honourable Lindsay Tanner
Special Advisor to Lazard
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, Victoria University
3:25pm Q&A and Discussion
3:55pm Vote of Thanks Mr Peter Fritz AM
Group Managing Director, TCG and Global Access Partners
4:00pm Close