Freebairn Public Lecture Series
2019
Watching the Invisibles, Luci Ellis, Assistant Governor (Economic), Reserve Bank of Australia
2018
Creating wealth: how economies grow, Professor Beth Webster, Swinburne University of Technology
2017
Fiscal outcomes in a time of increasing political spin and unanticipated economic change, Professor Bob Gregory Emeritus Professor, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
2016
Markets, monopolies and moguls: the relationship between inequality and competition, Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Federal Member for Fraser ACT
2015
Economic Policy for the 21st century, Professor John Quiggin, Australian Laureate Fellow in Economics at the University of Queensland
2014
Resolving energy policy dilemmas in an age of carbon restraints, Professor Ross Garnaut AO, Professorial Fellow in Economics at the University of Melbourne
2013
'Governing the ungovernable: The market, technology and you', Professor Stephen King, Monash University
Prior to 2013, this lecture was called the Public Policy Lecture:
2012
Tax Reform with a Larger GST, Professor John Freebairn, University of Melbourne
2011
'What have we learned from the Global Financial Crisis', Professor John Quiggin, Australian Laureate Fellow in Economics at the University of Queensland
2010
'Designing Realistic Climate Policy', Professor Warwick McKibbin, Australian National University