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Making the Boom Pay Conference Papers in PDF format.

Day One, Thursday 2 November 2006
9.00am	Offical Opening Professor Glyn Davis AC, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
Venue	Copland Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building
9.15 - 10.30am	Session 1: Setting the Scene: Making the Boom Pay
Chair	Mr George Megalogenis, Journalist and Author, The Australian
Speakers	Mr Paul Kelly, Editor-at-Large, The Australian Mr Chris Richardson, Director, Access Economics [ Presentation (PDF) ]
10.30 - 11.00am	Morning Tea
11.00 - 12.30pm	Session 2: Some Big Challenges and Opportunities: Will the resources boom go on and on?
Chair	Ms Melinda Cilento, Chief Economist, Business Council of Australia
Speakers	Professor Ross Garnaut, Professor of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University [ Paper (PDF) ] The Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP [ Paper (PDF) ]
Venue	Copland Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building
12.45 - 2.15pm	Lunch
Chair	Professor John Freebairn, Director, Melbourne Institute
Speaker	Dr Brian Fisher, Vice President, CRA International Professionals
Venue	Grand Buffet Hall, Union Building
2.30 - 3.45pm	Session 3: A Fair Go for All Australians: Maintaining opportunity and prosperity
Chair	Mr Tony Nicholson, Executive Director, Brotherhood of St Laurence
Speakers	Associate Professor Bruce Headey, Principal Fellow, Melbourne Institute [ Presentation (PDF) ] [ Presentation (PDF) ] Professor Ann Harding, Director, NATSEM, The University of Canberra [ Presentation (PDF) ] Mr Michael Raper, Director, Welfare Rights Centre [ Presentation (PDF) ]
Venue	Copland Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building
3.45 - 4.15pm	Afternoon Tea
4.15 - 5.45pm	Session 4: Concurrent
	Session 4A: Powering the Boom
Chair	Dr Elizabeth Webster, Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute
Speakers	Dr Alan Moran, Director, Deregulation Unit, Institute of Public Affairs [ Speech (PDF) ] Associate Professor Martin Sevior, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne [ Presentation (PDF) ] Mr Don Henry, Executive Director, Australian Conservation Foundation [ Presentation (PDF) ]
	Session 4B: The New Workforce
Chair	Professor Mark Wooden, Professorial Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Melbourne Institute
Speakers	Mr Grant Belchamber, Senior Research Officer, Australian Council of Trade Unions Paper (PDF) ] Ms Angela Robertson, Human Resources Manager Employee Development, GM Holden Limited [ Presentation (PDF) ] Professor Ian Harper, Chairman, Australian Fair Pay Commission and Executive Director, Centre for Business and Public Policy, Melbourne Business School [ Presentation (PDF) [ Speech (PDF) ]
	Session 4C: Pre-School and School
Chair	Professor Field Rickards, Dean of Education, The University of Melbourne
Speakers	Ms Lynne Kosky MP, Victorian Minister for Education and Training Professor Fiona Stanley, Chief Executive, Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth [ Presentation (PDF) ] Professor Barry McGaw, Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute, The University of Melbourne [ Presentation (PDF) ]
7.00 for 7.30pm	Gala Dinner
Chair	Mr Tony Cole, Principal-National Practice Leader, Mercer Investment Consulting
Speaker	Dr Ken Henry, Secretary, Commonwealth Department of the Treasury [ Speech (PDF) ]
Venue	Mayfair Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Hotel, 123 Collins Street, Melbourne

Day Two, Friday 3 November 2006
9.00 - 10.00am	Session 5: Federalism in the Future: Will the next wave of reform deliver?
Chair	Professor Ross Williams, Principal Fellow, Melbourne Institute
Speakers	Ms Katie Lahey, Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia Mr Gary Banks, Chairman, Productivity Commission [ Presentation (PDF) ] [ Paper (PDF) ]
Venue	Copland Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building
10.00 - 10.30am	Morning Tea
10.30 - 12.00pm	Session 6: Concurrent
	Session 6A: Work, Welfare and Family
Chair	Professor Kostas Mavromaras, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute
Speakers	Dr Guyonne Kalb, Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute [ Presentation (PDF) ] [ Paper (PDF) ] The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP, Minister for Workforce Participation Ms Pru Goward, Sex Discrimmination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
	Session 6B: The New Health Reform Agenda
Chair	Professor Ian Anderson, Director, Centre for Health and Society and Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, The University of Melbourne
Speakers	Mr Tony Abbott MP, Minister for Health and Ageing [ Speech (PDF) ] Ms Julia Gillard MP, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing Professor Tony Scott, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute [ Presentation (PDF) ]
	Session 6C: Overcoming the Water Shortage
Chair	Ms Anne Howe, Chief Executive, SA Water
Speakers	The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr Neil Byron, Commissioner, Productivity Commission [ Presentation (PDF) ] [ Paper (PDF) ] Professor Mike Young, Director, Research Chair, The University of Adelaide [ Presentation (PDF) ]
	Session 6D: Social Policy in Action
Speakers	Mr Andrew Johnson, Executive Director, ACOSS [ Presentation (PDF) ] Ms Raymattja Marika, Director, Reconciliation Australia Ms Shelley Reys, Managing Director, Arrilla - Indigenous Consultants and Services
12.15 - 1.45pm	Lunch
	The Hon Kim Beazley MP, Leader of the Opposition [ Speech (PDF) ]
Venue	Grand Buffet Hall, Union Building
2.00 - 3.30pm	Session 7: Concurrent
	Session 7A: The Next Wave of Tax Reform
Chair	Mr Alan Wood, Economics Editor, The Australian
Speakers	Mr Wayne Swan MP, Shadow Treasurer Associate Professor Neil Warren, Head of School, Australian School of Taxation (Atax), Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales [ Paper (PDF) ] Professor John Freebairn, Director, Melbourne Institute [ Presentation (PDF) ] [ Conference Paper (PDF) ]
	Session 7B: Urban Congestion
Chair	Dr Jonathan Pincus, Principal Adviser Research, Productivity Commission
Speakers	Mr John Stanley, Executive Director, Bus Association Victoria [ Presentation (PDF) ] Professor Harry Clarke, Head of School, Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University [ Paper (PDF) ] Professor Kevin O'Connor, Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Dean, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne [ Presentation (PDF) ]
	Session 7C: The University Sector in the Next Decade
Chair	Professor Barry McGaw, Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
Speakers	Professor Glyn Davis AC , Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne [ Presentation (PDF) ] The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Education, Science and Training Ms Jenny Macklin MP, Deputy of Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Education, Training, Science and Research [ Speech (PDF) ]
	Session 7D: Caring for an Older Australia
Chair	Professor Jeff Borland, Head, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
Speakers	Ms Susan Linacare, Deputy Australian Statistician, Population Statistics Group, Australian Bureau of Statistics [ Presentation (PDF) ] Mr Francis Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Health Australia Professor Warren Hogan, Adjunct Professor, School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology Sydney [ Paper (PDF) ]
3.30 - 3.45pm	Afternoon Tea
3.45 - 5.00pm	Session 8: Plenary
	Road Blocks to Prosperity
Speakers	Mr Paul Kelly, Editor-at-Large, The Australian Dr Peter Boxall, Secretary, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Mr Rod Sims, Director, Port Jackson Partners Ltd [ Presentation (PDF) ] [ Conference Paper (PDF) ]
Venue	Copland Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building

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Making the Boom Pay Conference Papers in PDF format.

Day One, Thursday 2 November 2006

Offical Opening

Session 1: Setting the Scene: Making the Boom Pay

Morning Tea

Session 2: Some Big Challenges and Opportunities:

Will the resources boom go on and on?

Lunch

Session 3: A Fair Go for All Australians: Maintaining opportunity and prosperity

Afternoon Tea

Session 4: Concurrent

Session 4A: Powering the Boom

Session 4B: The New Workforce

Session 4C: Pre-School and School

Gala Dinner

Day Two, Friday 3 November 2006

Session 5: Federalism in the Future: Will the next wave of reform deliver?

Morning Tea

Session 6: Concurrent

Session 6A: Work, Welfare and Family

Session 6B: The New Health Reform Agenda

Session 6C: Overcoming the Water Shortage

Session 6D: Social Policy in Action

Lunch

Session 7: Concurrent

Session 7A: The Next Wave of Tax Reform

Session 7B: Urban Congestion

Session 7C: The University Sector in the Next Decade

Session 7D: Caring for an Older Australia

Afternoon Tea

Session 8: Plenary

Road Blocks to Prosperity

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Melbourne Institute