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Speakers

Confirmed speakers include:

Ms Moira Deslandes
Dr Tony Warren
Mr Percy Allan, AM
Mr George Anderson
Dr A.J. Brown
The Hon. John Brumby, MP
Ms Sharan Burrow
Mr Richard Denniss
Mr Chris Eccles
Sir Rod Eddington
Mr Henry Ergas
Mr Saul Eslake
Prof Allan Fels
Dr Alan Fenna
Dr Geoff Gallop
Mr Wayne Goss
Ms Robyn Hardy
Mr Jeff Harmer
Prof Jack Keating
The Hon. Rob Knowles, OAM
Ms Robyn Kruk
Prof David Marsh
Prof Steve Martin
Dr Mark Matthews
Mr Paul McClintock
Mr Robert Milliner
Mr Terry Moran, AO
Ms Stephanie Page
Prof Andrew Parkin
Mr Des Pearson
Dr John Phillimore
Mr Andrew Podger, AO
The Hon. Mike Rann, MP
Mr Ken Smith
The Hon. Wayne Swan, MP
Dr Anne Twomey
Prof John Wanna
Mr Maarten Wevers
Mr Roger Wilkins
Prof Glenn Withers

	Mr Percy, Allan, AM Percy Allan and Associates Pty Ltd Percy Allan advises national, state and local governments in Australia and Asia on public policy, finance and management. Percy was Chairman of the Premier’s Council on the Cost and Quality of Government which reviewed the performance of general government agencies in the state of New South Wales from 1999 to 2007. In 1996 he was awarded an Order of Australia for his contribution to public sector reform while he was Secretary of the NSW Treasury between 1985 and 1994. He is a Visiting Professor at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and convenor of The Reform Club, an independent non-partisan public policy discussion forum supported by the ASX.
	Mr George Anderson President, Forum of Federations George R.M. Anderson is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Forum of Federations. He assumed the post in June 2005. Prior to joining the Forum, Mr. Anderson was Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Canada, a position he held since May 2002. He had been the Deputy Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs) in the Privy Council Office since August 1996. In February 1996, he was named the Deputy Secretary of Intergovernmental Policy and Communications at the Privy Council Office, before becoming Deputy Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs) in the Privy Council Office in August 1996. He was a fellow at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs in 1992-93. On returning to Canada, he headed the negotiations and start-up of the new government's infrastructure program, first as an Assistant Secretary in the Privy Council Office and subsequently as Executive Director with the Treasury Board Secretariat. In July 1995, he was named Head of Policy Branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
	The Hon. Julie Bishop, MP Deputy Leader of the Opposition Julie Bishop is currently Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Employment, Business and Workplace Relations. Julie served as a Cabinet Minister in the Coalition Government as Minister for Education, Science and Training and as the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues. Prior to this, Julie was Minister for Ageing. Prior to entering Parliament Julie was Managing Partner of national law firm Clayton Utz in Western Australia. She held a number of positions including as Chair of the Western Australia Town Planning Appeals Tribunal; a member of Murdoch University Senate; the board of the Anglican Schools Commission and a director of SBS (TV and Radio) Corporation.
	Dr A. J. Brown Director, Griffith University’s Federalism Project Dr A. J. Brown is a Senior Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University, and director of Griffith University's Federalism Project. He has worked or consulted in public law, policy and accountability issues for all levels and branches of government, as well as in the non-government sector. He is formerly a Senior Investigation Officer for the Commonwealth Ombudsman; Associate to Justice Tony Fitzgerald AC, President of the Queensland Court of Appeal; and state ministerial policy advisor to the Hon Rod Welford MLA, Queensland Minister for Environment Heritage and Natural Resources. He was an Australia 2020 Summiteer in Governance (2008), and his recent coedited books include Restructuring Australia: Regionalism, Republicanism and Reform of the Nation State (Federation Press, 2004) and Federalism and Regionalism in Australia: New Approaches, New Institutions (ANZSOG & ANU E-Press, 2007).
	The Hon. John Brumby, MP Premier of Victoria John Brumby was appointed Premier of Victoria on 30 July 2007. Prior to that, he was the senior economic Minister in the Bracks Government holding the offices of Treasurer, Minister for Regional and Rural Development and Minister for Innovation. John has actively lobbied for a National Innovation Agenda – a coordinated national approach to boosting Australia's innovation system, productivity and economic growth prospects. He has also been instrumental in developing the National Reform Agenda. As Treasurer, he was responsible for the financial management of Victoria’s $34 billion Budget sector, which represents over 13% of the State economy. A leader in economic and regulation reform in the Bracks Government, he has worked hard to ensure Victoria is a suitable place to live, work and invest.
	Ms Sharan Burrow President, Australian Council of Trade Unions In May 2000, Sharan Burrow was elected President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). In December 2004, Sharan was the first woman to be elected President of the world union body, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), which represents 148 million workers in 231 affiliated organisations across 150 countries. In October 2000, Sharan also became the first woman to be elected President of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Asia Pacific Region Organisation. Sharan was previously Vice-President of Education International from 1995 to 2000. Education International is the international organisation of education unions representing 24 million members worldwide. She is currently President of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights, a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation and a member of the Stakeholder Council of the Global Reporting Initiative. As part of her ILO responsibilities, Sharan chairs the Workers' Group of the Sub-Committee on Multinational Enterprises.
	Mr Richard Denniss Executive Director, The Australia Institute Dr Richard Denniss is the Institute’s Executive Director. He is an economist with a particular interest in the role of regulation. Prior to taking up his current position he was an Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University where he continues to hold an adjunct appointment. Richard has also worked as Strategy Adviser to the Leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Bob Brown, Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Australian Democrats, Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, and lectured in economics at the University of Newcastle. Richard has published extensively in academic journals, is a frequent contributor to national newspapers and was the co-author of the best selling Affluenza (with Dr Clive Hamilton) and is the co-author of the forthcoming An Introduction to Australian Public Policy: Theory and Practice (with Dr Sarah Maddison).
	Ms Moira Deslandes Executive Director, International Association for Public Participation Moira is the Executive Director for the International Association for Public Participation. IAP2 promotes the use of public participation as a tool to make better decisions, and we believe people have a right to have a say in decisions that affect them. As an Australian in this international context she brings her experience from the public and community sectors. She is an experienced trainer and practitioner in public participation from direct service delivery and design level through to policy and program implementation as a Chief of Staff for a Minister in the South Australian Government and most recently as CEO of a not for profit peak body for volunteering for SA and NT. She is a member of the Medical Board of SA, Public Space Advisory Board for Planning SA and is the Chairperson of Community Foundation of South Australia.
	Chris Eccles Deputy Secretary, National Reform & Climate Change Group, Department of Premier & Cabinet, Victoria Chris Eccles is the Deputy Secretary, National Reform and Climate Change Group, Department of Premier and Cabinet, State Government of Victoria. Chris joined DPC in the role of Deputy Secretary, Sector Improvement Group in May 2007 and in March 2008 was given additional responsibility for the Office of Climate Change. He joined the Department after 5 years as Director of PhillipsKPA. He has a background in law and public administration and has occupied a variety of senior management positions within the ACT Government, the Australian National Training Authority and KPMG Consulting. He has a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from Australian National University.
	Sir Rod Eddington Chair, Infrastructure Australia Sir Rod Eddington is one of Australia’s most experienced and accomplished business leaders. Educated as an engineer at the University of Western Australia and then Oxford University as WA’s 1974 Rhodes Scholar, he has demonstrated his acumen and expertise on the national, regional, and international stages. Sir Rod’s career began in transport and aviation in 1979 when he joined the Swire Group and Cathay Pacific from Oxford University, and went on to be CEO of Cathay Pacific, Ansett and British Airways, before retiring in late 2005 to return to Australia. Today, numerous companies benefit from his time and talents. He is non-executive Chairman (Australia & New Zealand) of JPMorgan, in addition to maintaining non-executive roles with News Corporation, Rio Tinto plc, Allco Finance Group Limited, CLP (China Light & Power) Holdings, and John Swire & Sons Pty Ltd. He also serves as Chairman of Victorian Major Events Company.
	Mr Henry Ergas Chairman, Concept Economics Henry Ergas is currently the Chairman of Concept Economics, an economics consultancy firm with offices in Canberra and Sydney. He is also a Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Monash University in Melbourne, and a Lay Member of the New Zealand High Court. Henry Ergas spent a decade as a micro economist at the OECD in the 1980’s, focusing on the analysis of issues affecting efficient resource allocation. Since leaving the OECD, Henry’s work has focused on competition policy and regulatory economics. He has been closely involved in dealing with regulatory issues in a range of industries, including telecommunications, electricity, aviation, surface transport, and financial services. He chaired the Intellectual Property and Competition Policy Review Committee for the Australian Government in 1999-2000, and was a member of the Prime Minister’s Export Infrastructure Task Force in 2005 and of the Defence Industry Consultative Group in 2006.
	Mr Saul Eslake Chief Economist ANZ Bank Saul Eslake has been Chief Economist of the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) since August 1995. He is a member of ANZ’s Group Asset and Liability Committee, which oversees the management of the Bank’s balance sheet, and is also Chairman of ANZCover, the Bank’s internal fraud, crime and professional indemnity insurer. Saul began his career as an economist in the Commonwealth Public Service, including two years at the Treasury in Canberra. Prior to joining ANZ, he was Chief Economist (International) at National Mutual Funds Management (now part of the Axa Insurance group) and, before that, Chief Economist of the stockbroking firm McIntosh Securities (now part of the Merrill Lynch group) from 1986 to 1991. Saul has a first class honours degree in Economics from the University of Tasmania, and in 2003 he completed the Senior Executive Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business in New York. Saul was a member of the previous Federal Government’s Foreign Affairs and Trade Policy Advisory Councils, and is also a member of the Tourism Forecasting Committee. The current Federal Government has appointed him to its National Housing Supply Council and Long-Term Tourism Strategy Steering Committee. He was also a participant in the Prime Minister’s 2020 Summit in April this year. As an expatriate Tasmanian Saul also maintains links with his home State, as a Board Member of the University of Tasmania Foundation, Chairman of the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, a non-executive director of Hydro Tasmania, Tasmania’s State-owned electricity generation business, and a member of the Steering Committee oversighting the bid to turn the AFL into the ‘truly national competition’ it currently (but falsely) claims to be.
	Prof Allan Fels, AO Dean, ANZSOG On July 1, 2003 Professor Allan Fels AO became Dean of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. Previously, he was Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission from 1995 until 2003. Professor Fels was also Chairman of the former Trade Practices Commission from 1991 until 1995 and Chairman of the Prices Surveillance Authority from 1989 until 1992. He was Prices Commissioner, Victoria from 1982 -1991 and has served on numerous other government bodies. Professor Fels was appointed as Professor of Administration at Monash University in 1984 and was the Director of the Graduate School of Management, Monash University from 1985 until 1990. He is now an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University and became a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne in 2003. Professor Fels has degrees in economics and law from the University of Western Australia, and a Ph.D in Economics from Duke University. After leaving Duke he was appointed as a Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, where his Duke Ph.D thesis was published as The British Prices and Incomes Board by Cambridge University Press. He received an Honorary doctorate in Economics at the University of Western Australia in 2006. Professor Fels was the Co-Chairman of the Joint Group on Trade and Competition at the OECD from 1996 until 2003. He was awarded the Order of Australia in June 2001.
	Dr Alan Fenna Associate Professor and Deputy Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policyy Professor Alan Fenna is the Deputy Director of the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at the John Curtin University of Technology in Perth. He has degrees in Political Science and has taught politics and government at Curtin since 1993. He specialises in Australian and comparative constitutionalism, public policy, and federalism and is currently directing an ARC-funded research project on Commonwealth-State relations. He is the author of Australian Public Policy, 2nd edn (2004) and Essentials of Australian Government (2001); co-author of Comparative Federalism: A Systematic Inquiry (2006;); and a contributor to Government, Politics, Power and Policy in Australia (2006).
	Dr Geoff Gallop Director, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney Geoff Gallop is Professor and Director of the Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney. In 2007 Professor Gallop was appointed Deputy Chair of the Council of Australian Government (COAG) Reform Council, a position he held for one year before being appointed to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission in February 2008. He is also on the board of the Cape York Institute. Professor Gallop was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 until 2006. During this time he oversaw a range of political and social reforms (electoral reform, gay and lesbian equality and a State Administrative Tribunal), upgraded the State’s industrial and labour laws, brought a spirit of reconciliation to the resolution of Native Title and developed partnership models for the State’s indigenous communities.
	Mr Wayne Goss Former Premier of Queensland; Chair, Deloitte Australia Mr Goss was a solicitor in Brisbane from 1973. In 1983 he was elected to Parliament and Premier of Queensland from 1989 to 1996. Mr Goss was a consultant to Macquarie Bank, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Deloitte in 1998 and 1999. He is currently Chairman of Deloitte Australia, Ausenco Limited and Chair of Free TV Australia. Mr Goss has a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Business Administration (1997) from The University of Queensland and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
	Ms Robyn Hardy Executive Director, ACT Procurement Solutions Robyn Hardy heads ACT Procurement Solutions, which is the centralised ACT Government procurement and capital works project management service area of the Shared Services Centre in Treasury. Robyn has had a long career in both the Commonwealth and the ACT public service. She is an economist, having studied for her undergraduate degree at James Cook University of North Queensland. She has also completed a Masters Degree in public policy at the Australian National University (ANU) and is currently studying for her Doctorate. Robyn has a strong interest in improving the efficiency of government procurement and in achieving value for money outcomes, across the full range of the ACT Government’s capital works and goods and services procurements. She is also keenly interested in raising the professional profile of procurement officers and is currently the Chair of the ACT Regional Committee of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Australia.
	Mr Jeff Harmer Secretary, the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs Jeff is currently Secretary of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. He began his career in the Federal Public Service in early 1978 following 5 years as a doctoral scholar and tutor at the University of NSW. In the 2008 Budget Jeff was appointed as a member of the panel, to be chaired by Dr Ken Henry, to review Australia’s Future Tax System. The panel will report to Government at the end of 2009. Jeff has a keen interest in social policy, management, leadership and organisational change and development.
	The Hon. Rob Knowles, OAM Chair, The Mental Health Council of Australia The Hon. Rob Knowles, OA is a farmer and company director. He is a member of the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission, Chair of the Mental Health Council of Australia, President of the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia, Member of the Board of the Brotherhood of St Lawrence. He is also the former Minister of Health, Housing and Aged Care in Victoria.
	Prof Jack Keating Associate Director, Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne; Associate Director, Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Melbourne Jack Keating is associate director of the University of Melbourne Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning (CPELL). He has extensive experience in the post compulsory education and training sectors and has undertaken a number of studies in the area of post compulsory youth transition and qualifications. Recently he was the main author of the Kirby Report into post compulsory education and training pathways in Victoria. In 2001-2 he managed the OECD activity on qualifications and lifelong learning and he has continued to participate in this activity. He has extensive knowledge of the research relating to qualifications and youth transition in Australia and internationally.
	Ms Robyn Kruk Director General, NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet Robyn Kruk was appointed Director General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet on 7 May 2007. During her career Ms Kruk has worked as a child protection worker in the inner city of Sydney and the Riverina, held various research and policy positions in both the former Premier's Department and The Cabinet Office, was the Deputy Director General of the former Cabinet Office, Director General of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Deputy Director General of the former NSW Premier's Department and in 2002 was appointed Director General of the NSW Department of Health. During her career Ms Kruk has worked as a child protection worker in the inner city of Sydney and the Riverina, held various research and policy positions in both the former Premier's Department and The Cabinet Office, was the Deputy Director General of the former Cabinet Office, Director General of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Deputy Director General of the former NSW Premier's Department and in 2002 was appointed Director General of the NSW Department of Health.
	Prof David Marsh Director, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU
	Prof Steve Martin Director, Centre for Local & Regional Government Research, Cardiff University Steve is the Director of the Centre for Local & Regional Government Research at Cardiff University. He has undertaken a series of evaluations of the impacts of the Best Value regime and other local government policies for the UK Government. He is currently directing studies of the Welsh Assembly Government’s local government policies and of the impact of public services inspection. Steve has written widely on local government policy and served as an adviser to several UK Government departments and enquiries. He is a non-executive director of the Improvement and Development Agency and of the New Local Government Network and is a member of the editorial boards of Local Government Studies and Public Money and Management. For further details see: www.cardiff.ac.uk/carbs/research/groups/clrgr
	Dr Mark Matthews Executive Director, Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
	Mr Paul McClintock Chairman, COAG Reform Council Mr Paul McClintock is a member of the Board of Macquarie Infrastructure Investment Management Limited (MIIML) and a principal of the private investment banking firm McClintock Associates. He is chairman of Medibank Private Limited, Thales Australia and the COAG Reform Council. From July 2000 to March 2003, he was secretary to the cabinet and head of the Cabinet Policy Unit for the Australian Government. Paul graduated from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law.
	Mr Robert Milliner Chair, Business Reform Task Force, Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques Robert Milliner is the Chief Executive Partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive, Robert was the firm's Managing Partner (International) in Hong Kong and a leading specialist in electricity, gas and project financing matters with extensive mergers and acquisitions, commercial and major project financing experience. Robert is on the Board of the Business Council of Australia and Chairs the BCA's Business Reform Task Force. He is a member of the International Legal Services Advisory Committee, which advises the Federal Attorney General on the export of legal services, and Chairs the Committee's China Working Group. He is also on the Boards of the Australian Charities Fund and the Australian Business and Community Network. Robert has written extensively on a range of legal issues and presented papers at a wide range of forums in Australia and overseas.
	Mr Terry Moran, AO Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Terry Moran was appointed to the position of Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in February 2008. Mr Moran has had a varied career as a public servant, working with successive Australian Federal and State governments, with roles in public policy and public sector management. Mr Moran was made an Officer of the Order of Australia on 12 June 2006. This Australian Honour recognises Mr Moran’s service to public sector leadership in key policy areas and program implementation. He took a leading role in the development of a new National Reform Agenda, which is currently being progressed by Australian governments. Mr Moran has a strong interest in public policy capacity, and was instrumental in establishing ANZSOG.
	Ms Stephanie Page Executive Director, Intergovernmental Relations, Department of Premier & Cabinet, South Australia Stephanie is currently head of the Office of Intergovernmental Relations in South Australia's Cabinet Office. Stephanie started her public service career working in villages in Papua New Guinea. She then worked for 15 years for the Commonwealth Government, in a number of departments. She held a wide variety of management roles doing social policy research and evaluation, and funding non-government, local government and state government organisations in health, housing, disability, ageing and other social policy areas. After joining the South Australian public sector she furthered her interest in organisational development and management improvement through heading up the Office of Public Sector Management in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, and the South Australian Health Commission's Quality Culture Unit. She also held Executive positions in the Children's Services Office and the Department of Education, Training and Employment, working across early childhood development, schooling and the vocational training sectors.
	Prof Andrew Parkin Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Political and International Studies, Flinders University Professor Andrew Parkin is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Professor of Political and International Studies at Flinders University. He has served as Editor of the Australian Journal of Political Science and as President of the Australasian Political Studies Association. A graduate of Adelaide and Harvard universities, he has held visiting appointments at the University of California at Berkeley, the College of William and Mary in Virginia and the University of Edinburgh. He is currently a chief investigator for two major Australian Research Council projects examining the evolution of Australian federalism, and he has also published extensively on aspects of urban and housing policy, criminal justice, immigration, and liberal-democratic theory and practice.
	Mr Des Pearson Auditor-General, Victoria Mr Des Pearson took up the position of Auditor-General of Victoria in 2006 after having been Auditor-General of Western Australia from 1991. Mr Pearson has been an involved member of CPA Australia, the Institute of Public Administration and the Australian Institute of Management having served all three bodies as WA President and at National Board level. He was CPA Australia’s National President in 2001 and was elected a National Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration in 2002. He is currently a member of the Australasian Council of Auditors General and of the Australian Accounting Standards Board.
	Dr John Phillimore Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy Professor John Phillimore is Executive Director of the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at Curtin University. Educated in politics, history and economics at UWA and Oxford University, he gained his PhD from Sussex University. John has worked for several Western Australian government ministers, and spent ten years at the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University. Immediately prior to joining Curtin, he headed the intergovernmental relations unit in the WA Government, serving on several COAG committees. He has published widely on public policy issues including industrial relations, environmental policy, vocational education and training, innovation, science and technology policy.
	Mr Andrew Podger, AO National President, Institute of Public Administration Australia Andrew Podger AO is National President of the Institute of Public Administration Australia and Adjunct Professor in public administration at both the ANU and Griffith University. Before his retirement from the Australian Public Service in 2005 he chaired a task force for the Prime Minister on the delivery of health services in Australia. Prior to that he was the Public Service Commissioner for three years following six years as Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care. Since retiring, Andrew has completed a wide range of consultancies, published articles and spoken frequently on health policy and public administration.
	The Hon. Mike Rann, MP Premier of South Australia Mike Rann became South Australia’s 44th Premier after the State election in March 2002 and was re-elected with an increased majority in March 2006. As well as his duties as Premier, Mr Rann has assumed the portfolios of Economic Development, Social Inclusion, the Arts, and Sustainability and Climate Change. He is Australia’s longest-serving incumbent State Premier. Mr Rann is also currently National President of the Australian Labor Party. In 2006-2007, he was \ Chair of the Council for the Australian Federation. He has an honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia, and has been honoured by the Governments of Poland and Greece. He was born in Sidcup, Kent, in 1953. Mr Rann is married to Sasha Carruozzo. He has two children, and is involved in soccer and the arts.
	Mr Ken Smith Director-General, Department of the Premier & Cabinet, Queensland Ken Smith was appointed as Director-General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on 14 September 2007. Prior to this appointment, he served as Coordinator-General and Director-General of the Department of Infrastructure, formed on 15 January 2007. As a senior bureaucrat in Queensland for more than 15 years, Ken has taken a lead role in many of the fundamental reforms that have shaped the State. These have included the roll out of the $9 billion water grid, co-ordination of the south-east Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Program and groundbreaking policy advice in the area of urban development and community renewal. His six-year stint as Director-General of Education and Employment and Training was highlighted by the landmark Education and Training Reforms for the Future which drove the implementation of the Queensland Government’s fundamental changes to early, middle and senior phases of schooling. Ken is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of Queensland, Griffith University and University of Sydney and has previously held the position of Adjunct Professor in the School of Social Work and Social policy at the University of Queensland.
	The Hon. Wayne Swan, MP Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan was sworn in as Treasurer on 3 December 2007. He has been Member for the Brisbane seat of Lilley from 1993 to 1996, and from 1998 to the present. In 2005 he published Postcode: the Splintering of a Nation, a well-received book on economic and social policy in Australia. Before Wayne's appointment to his current role, he was Shadow Treasurer for three years and for six years Shadow Minister for Family and Community Services (1998-2004). Wayne has been Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives, and has sat on Labor's Tactics Committee, Leadership Group, and Policy Review Committee. He also chaired the Caucus Economics Committee in the former Labor Government, from 1993 to 1996. Wayne was for twelve years a lecturer at the Queensland Institute of Technology (now QUT), then State Secretary of the Queensland Branch of the ALP.
	Dr Anne Twomey Associate Professor, University of Sydney Associate Professor Anne Twomey teaches law at the University of Sydney. She has practised as a solicitor and is admitted to practice in New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT, and the High Court. She has worked for the High Court of Australia as a Senior Research Officer, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Research Service as a researcher in the Law and Government Group, the Commonwealth Senate as Secretary to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee, and The Cabinet Office of NSW as Policy Manager of the Legal Branch. She has acted as a consultant to various government bodies.
	Prof John Wanna ANZSOG Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration, ANU John Wanna is the ANZSOG Foundation Professor for the Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration. Formerly from Griffith University, his research interests include Australian and comparative politics, public expenditure and budgeting and government-business relations. Recent publications include Accounting to Accountability (2001) and Controlling Public Expenditure (2003).
	Dr Tony Warren Executive Director Regulatory Affairs, Telstra Dr Tony Warren is Executive Director of Regulatory Affairs at Telstra since September 2005 and has been in Telstra since November 2001. Prior to moving to Telstra, Dr Warren was a Director of the Network Economics Consulting Group (NECG). Dr Warren joined NECG in 1997 and helped build it into Australia’s premier regulatory economics consulting firm, working closely with company’s such as Telstra on all economic aspects of regulation, competition policy, trade practices, intellectual property and related issues. During his time at NECG, Dr Warren spent four months on secondment at the Oxford Economic Research Associates in the United Kingdom working on a series of projects.
	Mr Maarten Wevers, CNZM Chief Executive, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand Maarten is currently Chief Executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet following time as Regional Director of New Zealand Post International Limited and General Manager, Government Business, for New Zealand Post Limited. In 2000 he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM). In 1999 Maarten was Chair of the APEC Senior Officials Meeting, during New Zealand’s APEC year. Between 1989 - 1992 Maarten served as Counsellor in the New Zealand Embassy, Brussels before becoming High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea (1993-1994) and Ambassador to Japan (1994-1997). He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a BSc and BA (Hons) in economics. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Division, in 1977 and in 1982 was Second Secretary at the New Zealand Embassy in Japan. From 1985 to 1987 he was Private Secretary to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Rt Hon David Lange, before being seconded to the Institute of Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington to undertake research on relations between Japan and New Zealand.
	Mr Roger Wilkins, AO Head of Government and Public Sector Group, Australia and New Zealand, Citigroup Corporate & Investment Banking Roger Wilkins is Head of Government and Public Sector Group Australia and New Zealand with Citi and Citi’s global public sector leader on climate change Mr. Wilkins was the Director-General of The Cabinet Office in New South Wales, Australia from 1992-2006. During his time in The Cabinet Office he played a leading role in areas of reform in administration and law, in corporatisation and micro-economic reform, in Commonwealth-State relations including the negotiation of agreements on competition policy, international treaties, mutual recognition, electricity, the environment and health reform. Mr. Wilkins chaired a number of national taskforces and committees dealing with public sector reform, including the Council of Australian Government Committee on Regulatory Reform, the National Health Taskforce on Mental Health and the National Emissions Trading Taskforce. He was New South Wales’ representative on the Senior Officials Committee for the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) which advises and works up proposals for the consideration of Heads of Government. Roger was responsible for the Greenhouse Office; introduction of an emissions trading scheme in the state of NSW; design of a national emissions trading scheme for Australia as chair of a national taskforce. Roger has recently led the strategic review of climate change programs for the Commonwealth Government. He advises different federal systems especially on fiscal issues. Mr. Wilkins is a member of the Board of the International Forum of Federations.
	Dr Glenn Withers, AO CEO, Universities Australia Glenn Withers is Chief Executive Officer of Universities Australia, the peak council for the universities of Australia (formerly AVCC). Previously he was Professor of Public Policy at the Australian National University and at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. Dr Withers has also held major positions in government including as Head of the Economic Planning and Advisory Commission reporting to the Prime Minister and as Chair of the National Population Council. He has chaired national public inquiries into population, infrastructure and immigration. He has both a master’s degree and doctorate from Harvard University, and was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for contributions to applied economics including for development of the Australian immigration points system. With Anne Twomey, Dr Withers was commissioned to write Federalist Paper No. 1 for the Council for the Australian Federation in 2007.
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