Event Type: Co-hosted event
Date: Tuesday Aug 18, 2026, 12:30 pm
📊 As concerns grow over the rising gap between income, wealth and opportunity, what does the evidence really tell us? This session explores the changing nature of inequality in Australia, the forces driving it, and the policy options available to address it.
📊 Join us to hear from one of Australia's leading public policy economists and Distinguished Speaker, Dr Peter Abelson.
Places are limited at this in-person event. Registration is essential
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Date: Wednesday Sep 2, 2026, 12:30 pm
Cost Benefit Analysis is the preferred tool for economic evaluation within government and for supporting evidence based decisions.
This talk is a precursor and teaser for people attending the “Art and Science of CBA” at the Forum on Sept 8th 2026 and a consolation prize for anyone, perhaps still just CBA curious but not intending to attend.
A non-technical talk, it will preview the contents of the 2026 CBA forum and a link to July’s “The Invisible Mind: The Economics of AI” Conference and last September’s AI focused CBA Forum 2025. In the process it will raise questions about the future for economists and CBA
Offered in-person and online
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Date: Tuesday Sep 8, 2026, 8:15 am
🔎 Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is a key tool for supporting evidence-based decision making and ensuring public accountability.
🟦 Following last year’s AI-themed forum, this year’s CBA Forum explores the Art and Science of Cost-Benefit Analysis.
🔢 Moving beyond the numbers, the forum will explore how practitioners can apply CBA in new contexts, assess its strengths and limitations, value costs and benefits, and communicate evidence-based insights to decision makers.
🔷Alongside established experts, the program will feature emerging practitioners bringing fresh perspectives to the evolving practice of CBA.
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Date: Wednesday Sep 9, 2026, 12:30 pm
Have we got childcare policy wrong?
Australia's childcare system has become increasingly complex, but is it truly designed around what's best for children? Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the policy reforms that could deliver better outcomes for families and the future of Australia.
Join Professor Gigi Foster, a Yale-educated economist and Professor of Economics at UNSW, as she explores what childcare policy reforms would best support Australian children and families.
View...Date: Friday Sep 25, 2026, 7:15 am
We would be delighted if you could join us for breakfast at the National Press Club in Canberra to celebrate the launch of Power in Numbers: Australian Women in Economics. At the launch, ACT Women in Economics co-chair Alicia Mollaun will be in conversation with authors Catie Bradbear and Melissa Bray, as well as six of the women who are featured in the book...
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