Public Policy Committee and Program Reference Groups
Public Policy Committee
Ian Watt
David Kemp
John Funder
Balir Comely
Ian Harper
Helen Silver
Wesley Waldon
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