Speeches and presentations

Peter Harris delivered an address to the 2014 Annual Stockbrokers Conference in Melbourne on 29 May 2014.

CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) Infrastructure series: funding and financing lunch in Brisbane on 9 May 2014.

Australian Automobile Association Policy Forum Infrastructure Solutions for the 21st Century in Canberra on 25 March 2014.

Australian National University public forum Competition policy and deregulation: challenges and choices in Canberra on 7 March 2014.

CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) forum in Melbourne on 21 February 2014.

Australian Institute of Company Directors' Breakfast in Perth on 19 November 2013.

Trans-Tasman Business Circle Productivity Series dinner in Perth on 18 September 2013.

Tasman Transparency Group Productivity Agenda seminar in Sydney on 1 May 2013.

A compendium of speeches by Gary Banks on the reform agenda was released on 10 December 2012.

Gary Banks addressed the Economic and Social Outlook Conference, 'Securing the Future' in Melbourne on 1 November 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..

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…

Gary Banks gave the speech to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry dinner on 23 November 2011.

Gary Banks gave the Chancellor's Lecture at Swinburne University on 22 September 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.

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.

A speech given by Chairman Gary Banks to the South Australian Centre for Economics in Adelaide on 30 March 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.

Gary Banks gave a keynote address to the Annual Forecasting Conference of the Australian Business Economists in Sydney on 8 December 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…

On 13 April, Gary Banks gave the fourth Ian Little Lecture in Melbourne.

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…

On 24 March, Gary Banks gave a keynote presentation to The Official Statistics 'Forum 2010' in Wellington, New Zealand.

Gary Banks gave this presentation to the Whitlam Institute 'Governing the Economy Symposium' on 30 November 2009 in Sydney.

Gary Banks gave a presentation to the 2009 Economic and Social Outlook Conference on 5 November 2009 in Melbourne.

Gary Banks gave this speech to the Economics Society of Australia, Canberra Branch Annual Dinner on 14 October 2009.

A speech given by Chairman Gary Banks gave a speech as part of Reconciliation Australia's Closing the Gap lecture series on 7 July 2009.

Gary Banks gave a presentation on developments in the Commission's inquiry to FINSIA forums in Sydney and Melbourne on 3-4 June 2009.

A speech given by Chairman Gary Banks at the Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)/Australian National University (ANU) Lecture Series on 4 February 2009.

Gary Banks gave the Colin Clark Memorial Lecture in Brisbane on 6 August 2008 on the topic Industry Policy for a Productive Australia.

Commission Chairman Gary Banks delivered the 2008 Health Policy Oration at the Australian National University (ANU) on 26 June 2008.

An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the 2008 Melbourne Institute Economic and Social Outlook Conference 'New agenda for prosperity' on 27 March 2008.

An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the International Workshop 'Australia’s Public Inquiry Experience and Economic System Reform in China' hosted by the China-Australia Governance Program in Beijing, China, on 3 September 2007.

A presentation by Chairman Gary Banks to the Australian Gaming Expo Conference in Sydney on 19 August 2007.

A paper presented by Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks to to the Lowy Institute and Tasman Transparency Group Conference 'Enhancing Transparency in the Multilateral Trading System' in Sydney on 4 July 2007.

A speech presented by Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks to an OECD World Forum on 'Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies' in Istanbul on 29 June 2007.

A paper presented by the Chairman to the L21 Public Sector Leadership Conference in Sydney on 15 May 2007.

Paper presented to the 2006 Melbourne Institute/The Australian Social and Economic Outlook Conference, 'Making The Boom Pay: securing the next generation of prosperity', held at The University of Melbourne, 2-3 November 2006.

A public address by Chairman Gary Banks, who also chaired the Regulation Taskforce, to the 'Australian Regulatory Reform Evolution' conference in Canberra on 24 October 2006.

A paper presented by the Chairman to the Centre for Independent Studies 'Concilium', at Coolum, Queensland on 12 August 2006.

A public address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies, Melbourne on 17 May 2006.

A speech given by Chairman Gary Banks at a seminar in Canberra on 28 April 2006.

A speech given by the Chairman to the ANZSOG conference, ‘Schooling in the 21st Century: Unlocking Human Potential’ in Sydney on 28 September 2005.

A presentation by Chairman Gary Banks to the Financial Review 'Ageing Population Summit' held in Sydney on 27 September 2005.

A speech given by the Chairman to a CEDA gathering in Adelaide on 21 September 2005 and at a HREOC workshop in Sydney.

A speech by Chairman Gary Banks given as part of the Public Lecture Series of the Australian Centre of Regulatory Economics (ACORE) and the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, ANU, Canberra on 7 July 2005.

A seminar presented by Chairman Gary Banks in conjunction with recent meetings at the IMF, World Bank and OECD.

On 6 December 2004, Commission Chairman Gary Banks gave an address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) in Melbourne.

An address by Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks to the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, Economic Briefing in Adelaide on 29 April 2004.

Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks welcomed guests to the Commission’s’ 30th anniversary celebration in Melbourne on 11 December 2003.

An address given by the Chairman to the conference 'Pursing Opportunity and Prosperity' hosted by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and The Australian in Melbourne on 13 November 2003.

An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the 'Conference of Economists 2003 Business Symposium' at the Hyatt Hotel, Canberra on 2 October 2003.

An address given by Chairman Gary Banks to the 'welcome dinner' for the Forum on Postgraduate Economics hosted by the ANU in Canberra on 1 August 2003.

An address given by the Chairman to the Conference 'New Horizons in Trade: The WTO Round and Australia's Free Trade Negotiations' on 5 June 2003.

An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Minerals Council of Australia's Annual Industry Seminar on 3 June 2003.

An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Small Business Coalition in Canberra on 20 March 2003.

An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Brisbane on 21 November 2002.

An address by the Chairman to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Brisbane, on 6 November 2002.

The Chairman, Gary Banks, gave a eulogy on the contribution to public policy of Prof. Richard Hal Snape, Deputy Chairman of the Productivity Commission, at the Armadale Uniting Church, Melbourne on 8 October 2002.

The Chairman's opening presentation to a one-day public hearing on the WTO Doha Round, held by the Trade Sub-Committee of Parliament on 23 August 2002.

An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the National Infrastructure Summit hosted by The Australian Financial Review and AusCID, Melbourne on 14 August 2002.

An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) conference 'Incentive Regulation at the Crossroad

An address given by the Chairman on 5 April 2002 to the conference 'Towards Opportunity and Prosperity' organised by The Australian and The Melbourne Institute.

A presentation by Chairman Gary Banks to the Southern Region of the Federation of Automotive Products Manufacturers in Melbourne on 26 March 2002.

A paper presented by Gary Banks to the IIR Conference, National Competition Policy, Seven Years On, in Melbourne on 14 March 2002

A paper presented by Chairman Gary Banks to the ABARE Outlook 2002 Conference in Canberra on 7 March 2002.

A speech given by Chairman Gary Banks to the 'Measuring and Managing Government Performance Summit' hosted by the International Quality and Productivity Centre in Canberra on 20 F

On 18 February 2002 an article entitled Microreform’s Productivity Payoff, written by the Chairman Gary Banks, was published in The Australian newspaper (under the heading “Complacency the enemy

An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the Communications Research Forum, Canberra on 26 September 2001.

On 12 July 2001 the Chairman, Gary Banks, addressed the National Competition Council Workshop on competition and the public interest.

The Chairman gave an address to the conference, Regulation Reform Management and Scrutiny of Legislation, hosted by the NSW State Parliament, Sydney on 10 July 2001.

A speech given by the Chairman Gary Banks to the Melbourne Institute Public Economies Forum on 28 November 2000.

An address by the Chairman to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on 21 November 2000.

Melbourne symposium 'Renaissance of the Regions' organised by the Institute of Public Administration Australia.

In December 1999, Professor Anne Krueger visited the Productivity Commission and delivered a lecture. This paper, The Asian Financial Crisis, is the text of the lecture, based on the transcript.

An address by the Chairman to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Trustees in Melbourne on 29 March 1999.

This speech by Chairman Gary Banks introduced the first session of the 'Conference on the Policy Implications of the Ageing of Australia’s Population' held in Melbourne on 18 and1

An address by Chairman Gary Banks to the ESAA Conference 'Best Practice Regulation for Electricity Supply Businesses' in Melbourne on 23 February 1999.

A speech by the Chairman to the Victorian Economic Society Forum in Melbourne on 16 September 1998.

A speech delivered on 26 August 1998 by Chairman Gary Banks to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia 'Public Education Forum' discussing the philosophy, role, and future directions of t

A speech delivered on 17 June 1998 by the Chairman to the Australian Coalition of Service Industries Council Dinner on the reform agenda in Australia.

The keynote address delivered by Chairman Gary Banks to 'The White Paper on PMI - Looking to the Future' conference at the Centre for Insurance Studies, University C