Speeches and presentations
A range of speeches delivered by the current and former Chairs and Commissioners on economic, social and environmental productivity issues affecting Australia.
Indian Economy: Retrospect and Prospect
06 / 11 / 2013
The Commission's 2013 Richard Snape Lecture was delivered on 6 November 2013 by Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics and Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University.
Productivity and the National Income Outlook
18 / 09 / 2013
Trans-Tasman Business Circle Productivity Series dinner in Perth on 18 September 2013.
The Productivity Reform Outlook
01 / 05 / 2013
Tasman Transparency Group Productivity Agenda seminar in Sydney on 1 May 2013.
Advancing the Reform Agenda: Selected Speeches
10 / 12 / 2012
A compendium of speeches by Gary Banks on the reform agenda was released on 10 December 2012.
The Future of the Multilateral Trading System
26 / 11 / 2012
On 26 November 2012, Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, presented the Commission's annual Richard Snape Lecture.
Productivity Policies: the 'to do' list
01 / 11 / 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 / 07 / 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 / 06 / 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 Economic Relations.
Industry Assistance in a 'Patchwork Economy'
24 / 11 / 2011
Gary Banks gave the speech to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry dinner on 23 November 2011.
Political Economy of Reform in Mexico
11 / 10 / 2011
The 2011 Richard Snape Lecture was presented by Dr Roberto Newell at the Commission's office in Melbourne on 11 October 2011.
Independent Policy Advice and the Productivity Commission
23 / 09 / 2011
Gary Banks gave the Chancellor's Lecture at Swinburne University on 22 September 2011.
Economics, Economists and Public Policy in Australia
14 / 07 / 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 / 06 / 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 / 04 / 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 / 03 / 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 / 12 / 2010
Gary Banks gave a keynote address to the Annual Forecasting Conference of the Australian Business Economists in Sydney on 8 December 2010.
The Challenge for Trade Policy in a Dynamic World and Regional Setting: An Indonesian Perspective
03 / 12 / 2010
The 2010 Richard Snape Lecture was presented by Her Excellency Dr Mari Elka Pangestu at the Commission's office in Melbourne on 22 November 2010.
From Measuring Production to Measuring Wellbeing
29 / 07 / 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 PricewaterhouseCoopers and Qantas.
Advancing Australia's 'Human Capital Agenda'
22 / 04 / 2010
On 13 April, Gary Banks gave the fourth Ian Little Lecture in Melbourne.
An Economy-wide View: Speeches on Structural Reform
29 / 03 / 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 continuing requests for them on the Commission's website.