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Awards 2024

A number of prestigious awards were bestowed upon worthy economists at ACE24, held in Adelaide.  Read on to find out who won the 2024 ESA National Awards.

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Housing Reform

Poll 65

Panellists are unanimous in believing Australia’s housing market is in crisis.

Offered a choice of 14 measures identified by the Economic Society of Australia as likely to restrain prices for buyers and renters, none of the 49 leading economists polled picked: “do nothing, the market will determine appropriate prices”.

Responses (967)
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AGEW 2025

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.

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Budget 2024

Poll 64

Panelists were asked to comment on two questions: 

Is the budget likely to achieve its aim of getting inflation back within the RBA target band by the end of this year and back to 2.75% by mid next year?

And

On May 14, the government delivered a budget designed, in the Treasurer's words, to "focus on fighting inflation in the near term and then growth in the medium term " - What grade would you give the budget, given that objective? A, B, C, D, E or F

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Western Australian GST deal

Poll 63

April Poll - panellists were asked about the GST deal with Western Australia.  The following two questions were posed: 

"Is the long-standing arrangement broadly the best method of distributing the nationally-collected GST revenue?" and "Should the 2018 changes be kept or scrapped?"

Responses (997)
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ACE 2024

The Australian Conference of Economists was held in Adelaide, SA from 10-12 July.  Presented papers will be published on our website in due course. 

Next year's ACE will be held at UTS in Sydney and coincides with the Society's 100 year anniversary.  Preparations are well underway to bring members a very special event - please stay tuned for more details about ACE25.  In the meantime, hold the date of 6-9 July 2025 and register your interest via the dedicated ACE25 website.

Transition to net zero - ape the US Inflation Reduction Act?

Poll 62

Panellists were asked "Which of the options set out below best describes the kind of approach the Australian government should take to the US Inflation Reduction Act? (Pick 1)"

Responses (50)
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Unreserved - RBA's latest release of digitised archival records

The Reserve Bank has been releasing a large volume of digitised archival records to the public through our digital archive (called Unreserved). These records span nearly 200 years of Australia’s economic, financial and social history. The latest release includes records about the work and influence of Dr HC Coombs along with additional records from the Bank’s Research Department, with much of the new information covering the period from the Bank’s ‘separation’ from the original Commonwealth Bank in 1960 through to the early 1970s.

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Follow us on Twitter

We are delighted to announce the launch of ESA's Twitter account.  Keep up to date with economics-related topics and be part of the conversation.

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ACE2021

The Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) 2021 was held from 12 to 14 July 2021 as a fully virtual event.

ACE 2021 celebrated over 100 years of welfare economics and brought together like-minded individuals to explore concepts of allocation, utilisation and distribution of our resources as they relate to the wealth and wellbeing of individuals and our society.

Where permission has been granted, we have uploaded presenations. 

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Awards 2023

A number of prestigious awards were bestowed upon worthy economists at ACE2023, held in Brisbane.  Read on to find out who won the 2023 ESA National Awards.

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Events

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.

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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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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.

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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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Green Innovation and Climate Policies - 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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WEN SA End of Year Celebration

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Dec 5, 2024, 5:30 pm

WEN SA End of Year Celebration on Thursday, 5th December, 2024.

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Welcome

The aims of the South Australia Branch of the society are:

  • To encourage the teaching and study of economics and its application in Australia
  • To encourage research and public debate of economic questions
  • To publish and distribute journals and other matters of interest which advance the objectives of the Society
  • To encourage the employment of economists and promote the standing of the profession in the community.
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