PANEL: Housing Affordability and Housing Policy: Where to Next? - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Friday Mar 21, 2025, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

Australia is in the grips of a housing crisis, driven by rising costs in construction, the adjustment to working-from-home, and other factors. Rental affordability has worsened in the last few years, and rental affordability had been growing worse for the bottom quintile of earners over the last decade. 

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YE Network Meet and Greet

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Mar 20, 2025, 6:00 pm

Join the Young Economist Network for a social get together with like-minded, interested professional and those studying economics. This is our first event of many this year and we want to know your key interests and to build our networks and friendships!

See you at Bar X at the University of Canberra.

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Asymmetric Inflation Target Credibility

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Thursday Mar 13, 2025, 2:30 pm

Asymmetric Inflation Target Credibility

International Guest Speaker: Professor Dieter Nautz

An in person, or online event in partnership with the University of Canberra.

This presentation will investigate the determinants of inflation target credibility (ITC) using a unique survey designed to measure the credibility of the ECB's inflation target.  

2025 WEN Pre Budget Panel

Date: Wednesday Mar 5, 2025, 11:30 am

From: Central Council

Three of WEN's leading economists will outline the economic challenges and opportunities facing the Federal Government

ABARES Conference 2025

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Tuesday Mar 4, 2025, 8:30 am

Australia's Energy Future: Where Are We Headed? - ONLINE ONLY

Date: Thursday Feb 27, 2025, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

Seminar Series on Energy Transition - Session Two

The Australian electricity sector is undergoing a transformation. Our energy demand is growing, and critical policy and investment decisions are needed to ensure our energy future is reliable, sustainable and affordable. With the 2025 federal election on the horizon, decisions made now will shape the nation’s economy, infrastructure and workforce for decades to come. They will also have budgetary outcomes for successive governments to come.

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POSTPONED Electricity Price Trends and Energy Wallet - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Feb 20, 2025, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

This event is postponed - the new date will be advised as soon as possible

Seminar Series on Energy Transition - Session One

The energy transition is unfolding rapidly. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has recently published a 10-year outlook for residential electricity prices, with a focus on projecting how each cost component might change over the next decade. Beyond just examining electricity costs, the analysis also considers how households' total energy costs (or their 'energy wallet’) will change as they electrify transportation, heating and cooking, transitioning from other fuel sources to electricity.

Working from Home and the Gender Wage Gap, Alison Preston, UWA - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025, 11:00 am

From: Central Council

Join us for this webinar during which Alison Preston examines the impact of working at home on the wages of men and women using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. 

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AGEW 2025

Date: Thursday Feb 6, 2025, 12:00 am

From: Central Council

The 8th Australian Gender Economics Workshop (#AGEW2025) is hosted by the University of Wollongong in partnership with the Women in Economics Network and is organised by Alfredo Paloyo. The workshop will take place on 6‒7 February 2025 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Wollongong is in Dharawal Country.

Green Innovation and Climate Policies, David Hémous - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Monday Dec 2, 2024, 7:00 pm

From: Central Council

Climate change already has a negative impact on the environment and our societies, and this impact will get worse over the course of this century.

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ESA ACT: Christmas Drinks 2024

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Friday Nov 29, 2024, 5:30 pm

ESA ACT Branch Christmas Drinks 2024

The Economic Society of Australia (ACT) would like to invite all of our members to Christmas Drinks where we will reflect on the year that was and consider the year to come. A great chance to network with other members.

This is a free event for financial members so check your membership status!

Canapes and drinks included. 

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Eminent Speaker Series - Prof. Dr. Martin Peitz, University of Mannheim

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Monday Nov 18, 2024, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

Industrial policy and competition policy

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Women in Economics Network AGM - ONLINE ONLY

Date: Friday Nov 15, 2024, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

The National WEN Committee will hold its AGM on 15 November 2024 from 12.00pm-1.30pm (AEDT) via Zoom, and invites all WEN Members to register via the link below. The meeting is an opportunity to celebrate another busy year across WEN Branches and nationally, and we are excited that the Hon Allegra Spender MP will join us to provide her insights on the economic challenges facing Australia.

Eminent Speaker Series: Susan Athey - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Friday Nov 8, 2024, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

NEW TIME - NOW FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER AT 12.00PM AEDT (SYD/CBR/MEL)

Identifying Challenges and Improving Outcomes for Labor Market Transitions Using Machine Learning

This talk will review several recent papers that focus on labor market transitions.  The first project analyzes worker resilience in response to layoffs, using administrative data from Sweden.

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ESA ACT: Annual General Meeting 2024

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Nov 7, 2024, 6:30 pm

ESA ACT is pleased to invite you to our Annual General Meeting. A FREE event.

We welcome our active membership to participate and contribute to your peak professional organisation and hear about our plans for the year ahead. We are stronger together as we plan to host the ACE conference in Canberra in 2026. 

Free event with food and drinks provided. Registration required

WEN ACT AGM at 5.30 - 6.30 followed by nibbles and drinks from 6.30pm.

ESA  ACT AGM at 7.00pm-7.30pm. Networking till 8.00pm

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WEN ACT: Annual General Meeting 2024

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Nov 7, 2024, 5:30 pm

Women in Economics Network (WEN ACT) is pleased to invite you to our Annual General Meeting.

We welcome active members to support the work of the WEN ACT and hear about the plans for the year ahead. The short WEN AGM from 5.30-6.30pm, is followed by the  ESA ACT AGM starts at 7-8pm.

This is a free event. Registration required.

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Labour Market Outcomes of Graduates in Economics in Australia - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

The discipline of economics encompasses broad skill-sets with diverse applications in employment markets and industries. Studies of labour market prospects for economics graduates are relatively dated particularly in the light of developments such as declining interest in economics in high school and university.  Join the discussion with our guest speaker, Professor Ian Li, Curtin University.

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WEN Mentoring Retreat 2024

Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 am

From: Central Council

The Women in Economics Network, part of the Economics Society of Australia, is hosting the 2024 Women in Economics Retreat as an in-person event, to be held from Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 November at The Hilton, Surfers Paradise, Queensland.

WEN ACT Mentoring Program - FINAL EVENT

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Oct 22, 2024, 5:30 pm

Final WEN mentoring event for 2024 - Q&A with Sam Reinhardt,

Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group at the Commonwealth Treasury 

We are pleased to announced Ms Sam Reinhardt, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group at the Commonwealth Treasury, will be joining us for our final WEN mentoring event for 2024. Sam will share some career highlights and insights on how mentoring and building networks have played a role in shaping her career.

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The impact of Industrial Relations changes on workers – do economists agree? - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Friday Oct 18, 2024, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

The last few years have seen significant legislation changes in the area of industrial relations. The prior decade also saw significant changes in firms’ hiring practices, and an explosion of platform work, considered by some to be a loophole in current labour legislation.

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National Accounts - updated economic statistics

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Oct 8, 2024, 5:45 pm

Updated economic statistics for the contemporary economy 

International standards for the System of National Accounts will be endorsed by the United Nations in 2025. Other standards (such as Balance of Payments and Government Financial Statistics) will follow shortly after. The ABS has started planning for these updates. What are these updates and the key benefits of these changes?

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Young Economists - Networking and Trivia

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Thursday Sep 26, 2024, 6:30 pm

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Economics with Allan Fels

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Sep 19, 2024, 6:00 pm

The Economic Society of Australia (ACT) invites our membership to join us for an evening with Allan Fels AO.

Allan Fels remains a leading figure in competition policy. He co-chaired the OECD Trade and Competition Committee from 1996 to 2003 and continues regularly to be a keynote speaker at major global competition events including the world's two peak events, the International Competition Network Annual Conference and the OECD Global Competition Forum.

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WEN ACT- How's Australia faring? with Danielle Wood

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Sep 17, 2024, 6:15 pm

How's Australia faring?

A discussion on economic mobility and inequality with guest speaker Danielle Wood.

We are thrilled to invite you to a special event hosted by the Women in Economics Network, featuring a presentation by Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission and former CEO of Grattan Institute.

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The economics of unmet need in mental health conditions - Speaker: Steve Robson

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Aug 28, 2024, 6:00 pm

Speaker: Steve Robson

The economics of unmet need in chronic mental health conditions

Guest Speaker : Professor Steve Robson

Join us to hear from the current AMA President about the economic impacts of unmet need in chronic mental health conditions.

Professor Steve Robson MPH MRes (Health Economics) PhD is President of the Australian Medical Association.  

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