Past Events
End of Year Celebration
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 4, 2025, 5:30 pm
The ESA, WEN, and YEN committees are excited to invite you to our End of Year Celebration!
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View...Inside the Economist’s Mind – A Conversation with Cherelle Murphy
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 23, 2025, 5:00 pm
The Economic Society of Australia (SA), Women in Economics Network (SA), and Young Economists Network (SA) invite you to our next collaborative event:
Inside the Economist’s Mind – A Conversation with Cherelle Murphy
This is not your standard economics lecture.
Instead, we are turning the tables: three young economists will lead an interactive conversation with Cherelle Murphy, Chief Economist at EY Oceania. Together, they will explore the big issues shaping our economy and the skills shaping our profession.
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View...A Future for Private Health? - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Oct 1, 2025, 12:00 pm
Australia’s private health sector is confronting a period of significant challenge, marked by rising operational costs, persistent workforce shortages, stagnant demand, and increasing out-of-pocket expenses for consumers. These pressures have resulted in declining profitability, hospital closures, adversarial insurer-provider relationships, and a lack of transparency, with confidence further undermined by the collapse of Healthscope. There are growing concerns that instability in the private sector will increase pressure on Australia’s already overburdened public system.
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View...Trump’s Trade Policies Revisited: A South Australian Lens on Tariffs, Trade, and Geoeconomics
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Sep 10, 2025, 5:00 pm
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View...Walk, Talk, and Think Like an Economist
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Aug 29, 2025, 7:30 am
Kickstart your day with fresh air, fresh ideas, and fresh coffee! Join us for a relaxed river walk followed by coffee and conversation with economists and economics enthusiasts from all walks of life. Whether you’re a student, an early-career professional, or just curious about how economics shapes the world, this is a great way to stay healthy, grow your network, and exchange ideas — all before 9 am.
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View...In Conversation with Rod Maddock - Young Economist Event - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Aug 26, 2025, 11:30 am
The Productivity Commission Seminar Team is organising an event which may be of interest to young economists, who are invited to join this session via Teams.
Rod Maddock is one of very few economists who has worked across major corporates, government, universities, and lobbyists. He has pursued economics from econometrics to macroeconomics, and then to economic history, economic development, regulatory economics, public policy, finance, and regional planning.
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View...The Future of Money - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Aug 20, 2025, 12:00 pm
Rapid changes in technology and in the preferences of firms and households are features of the Australian economy, nowhere else more so than in the payments system. How are central banks, including the RBA, thinking about the future of money, both digital and physical cash? What could be the role of central bank digital currencies, stablecoins and tokenised bank deposits in supporting innovation, and what are the financial stability risks? And how could the demand for physical cash evolve in the future?
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View...Price Discovery in Auctions: how different types of auctions aggregate dispersed information - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jun 17, 2025, 6:00 pm
As part of the Eminent Speaker Series, the Economic Society of Australia Victoria Branch join with Melbourne Business School in extending a warm invitation to this engaging seminar by Professor Songzi Du on price discovery in auctions.
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View...Women & Leadership Australia (WLA)
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Friday May 16, 2025, 9:00 am
The Women in Economics Network SA Branch is pleased to be collaborating with Women & Leadership Australia (WLA) for the upcoming 2025 Australian Women’s Leadership Symposium in Adelaide on Thursday 16 May.
Please refer to your email for registration and discount information.
Economics and Chill
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Apr 30, 2025, 5:30 pm
Economics & Chill – Our First Networking Night!
Get ready for an unforgettable evening as the Young Economists Network of South Australia proudly presents Economics & Chill – our inaugural event designed to bring together young minds passionate about economics, good conversation, and great vibes.
Whether you're a student, recent graduate, or early-career professional, this is your chance to expand your network, make meaningful connections, and meet fellow econ-enthusiasts in a relaxed, social setting. Think less lecture, more laughter – with fun games, icebreakers, and activities to keep the energy high and the conversations flowing.
Come for the economics, stay for the chill. Let’s kick things off in style and build a community that’s as engaging as it is inspiring. Don’t miss out – we can’t wait to meet you!
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View...Panel Discussion - The Impact of Trump's Tariffs - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Apr 24, 2025, 12:00 pm
The tariffs announced on April 2nd have disrupted many firms' strategies and thrown financial markets into chaos. Further announcements have increased tariffs on China and reduced other tariffs pending negotiations. What will be the impact of greater uncertainty and volatility on world trade, business investment in Australia, the US and China and other macroeconomic variables?
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View...Where Have All the Economics Students Gone - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Apr 8, 2025, 12:00 pm
The size and diversity of the economics student population has declined sharply since the early 1990s, raising concerns about economic literacy in society and the long-term health of the economics discipline. Interest in studying economics at university is low, even for those who studied economics in Year 12.
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View...Globalization and the Environment - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Apr 3, 2025, 12:00 pm
For many countries, the race to net zero interacts in complicated ways with trade policy. There has long been research on how globalisation and international economic policy affect the environment: How do tariffs affect greenhouse gas emissions? Does globalisation cause a “race to the bottom” in environmental policy?
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View...PANEL: Housing Affordability and Housing Policy: Where to Next? - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Mar 21, 2025, 12:00 pm
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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View...Joint WEN & ESA International Women’s Day Special Event – Panel discussion & AGM (ESA & WEN)
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Mar 6, 2025, 5:00 pm
The Women in Economics Network (WEN) and the Economic Society of Australia (ESA) South Australian branches invite you to a special International Women’s Day event on Thursday 6 March, 2025.
The event will begin with the ESA & WEN SA Annual General Meeting (AGM), followed by a special panel discussion featuring leading Australian female economists from across the public sector, private sector and academia. The panel will explore their experiences in the economics profession, the importance of female leadership and key economic and policy issues. The discussion will be moderated by Dr Jacky Southcott (Co-Chair of WEN SA).
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View...Australia's Energy Future: Where Are We Headed? - ONLINE ONLY
Date: Thursday Feb 27, 2025, 12:00 pm
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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View...POSTPONED Electricity Price Trends and Energy Wallet - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 20, 2025, 12:00 pm
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.
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View...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
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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View...AGEW 2025
Date: Thursday Feb 6, 2025, 12:00 am
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.
View...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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View...Green Innovation and Climate Policies, David Hémous - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Dec 2, 2024, 7:00 pm
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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View...Eminent Speaker Series - Prof. Dr. Martin Peitz, University of Mannheim
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Nov 25, 2024, 12:00 pm
Industrial policy and competition policy
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View...Women in Economics Network AGM - ONLINE ONLY
Date: Friday Nov 15, 2024, 12:00 pm
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.
View...Labour Market Outcomes of Graduates in Economics in Australia - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 pm
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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View...WEN Mentoring Retreat 2024
Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 am
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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