Public Policy Committee and Program Reference Groups
Public Policy Committee
Ian Watt
Alex Chernov
David Kemp
Blair Comley
Ian Harper
Helen Silver
Wesley Waldon
Jenny Wilkinson
Energy Program Reference Group
Andrew Reeves – Prior chair of Australian Energy Regulator
Anna Skarbek – Climate Works Australia
Connell Burke – Westpac Banking Corp.
Fiona Wild – BHP Billiton Limited
Frank Jotzo – Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU
Greg Bourne – Prior chair of ARENA
Stephen Kennedy – Deputy Secretary, Department of Industry
Hugh Saddler – Centre for Climate Economics & Policy, ANU
Mark Grenning – Board Member EUAA
Paul Simshauser – Department of Energy and Water Supply
Jeni Coutts – AGL
Health Program Reference Group
Pradeep Philip – Victorian Department of Health
Mary Foley – NSW Department of Health
Jane Gunn – University of Melbourne
Christine Jorm – University of Sydney
Kim Sykes – Bendigo Community Health Services
Michael Walsh – Cabrini Health
Andrew Wilson – University of Sydney
Fran Baum – Flinders University
Anne Cahill Lambert – Consumer
Natalie Toohey – Communication Strategy Advisor
Chris Altis – CBUS Industry Super
John Funder – Prince Henrys Institute
Higher Education Reference Group
Kym Peake – Skills Victoria
Professor Steven Schwartz – Council of Humanities, Arts and Social Science
Jane den Hollander – Deakin University
Dr George Brown – Study Group Australia
Caroline Perkins – Regional Universities Network
Professor Hamish Coates – The University of Melbourne
Dr Tom Karmel – National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University
Peter Noonan – ACIL Allen Consulting
Martyn Myer – Myer Foundation and member University of Melbourne Council
Ben Wildavsky – Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York
Dr David Kemp – Grattan Institute Board
Productivity Growth Program Reference Group
Brad Crofts – Australian Workers’ Union
Danny Samson – The University of Melbourne
Jason Russo – Australian Bureau of Statistics
John Quiggin – The University of Queensland
Jonathan West – Australian Innovation Research Centre
Joshua Gans – The University of Melbourne / Harvard University
Michael Plumb – Reserve Bank of Australia
Nicholas Gruen – Lateral Economics
Patricia Faulkner – Independent Consultant
Paul Smyth – Brotherhood of St Laurence
Rod Glover – Independent Consultant
Tony McDonald – Australian Treasury
School Education Reference Group
John Hattie – Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership
David Kemp – Grattan Institute Board
Leslie Loble – NSW Department of Education and Communities
Lee Elliot Major – The Sutton Trust
Lisa O’Brien – The Smith Family
Stanley Rabinowitz – Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Field Rickards – Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Wendy Timms – Victorian Department of Education and Training