Issues explored by the two-day conference will include budget sustainability, education, infrastructure, trade with Asia, aged care, federalism, the labour market and employment, climate change and energy, social disadvantage and exclusion and the end of the aged of entitlement.

The consistent thread running through all the previous conferences has been that continued policy reform can enrich Australia’s overall well-being while providing opportunities for all. The format has established itself as the nation’s premiere economic and social public policy conference,...

After weathering the global financial crisis as well as any other developed economy, Australia confronts a once-in-a-century mining development boom. How can we best ensure that this post-crisis boom delivers widespread opportunity and prosperity while minimising its risks? The consistent thread...