On Tuesday 8 May 2018, Treasurer Scott Morrison will be tabling the Budget 2018-19 in the House of Representatives. The Budget will be released at approximately 7.30pm (AEST), as the Treasurer commences his second reading speech.

Here is a list of the post-budget forums which will be held in Canberra and the Australian National University (ANU):

  1. 2018 Federal Budget Breakfast

Date and time: Wednesday 9 May 2018, 7.00am to 9.00am

Venue: Parliament House, Parliament Drive, Canberra ACT 2600

Speakers: Organised by the Canberra Business Chamber in conjunction with the Institute of Public Accountants. Insights into the Federal Budget by the Hon Craig Laundy MP, Minister for Small Business; and Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Shadow Assistant Treasurer.

Tickets are available for purchase here.

  1. 2018 Aid Budget Breakfast

Date and time: Wednesday 09 May 2018, 9.00am to 10.30am

Venue: Molonglo Theatre, Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU

Speakers: Professor Stephen Howes, Director of the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU.

For registration, please click here. You can watch the presentation here.

  1. NATSEM-IGPA Federal Budget Luncheon 2018

Date and time: Thursday 10 May 2018, 11.00am to 1.30pm

Venue: The Theatre, Parliament House, Parliament Drive, Canberra ACT 2600

Speakers: NATSEM budget analysis with Dr Jinjing Li, Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra. Budget discussion with Senator the Hon Matthew Canavan, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia; Dr Jim Chalmers MP, Shadow Minister for Finance; Michelle Grattan AO, Professorial fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra; Saul Eslake, Australian Parliamentary Budget Office’s Expert Advisory Panel; Professor Mark Evans, Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis; and facilitated by Jane Halton AO, PSM.

For registration, please click here. You can watch the discussion here.

  1. Federal Budget Breakfast 2018

Date and time: Friday 11 May 2018, 7.15am to 8.30am

Venue: Commonwealth Club, 25 Forster Crescent Yarralumla, Canberra ACT 2600

Speakers: The Economic Society of Australia invites you to attend its public Federal Budget Breakfast briefing by Saul Eslake, Australian Parliamentary Budget Office’s Expert Advisory Panel, who will provide an overview of the 2018-19 budget and its fiscal implications.

Tickets are available for purchase here. You can find the presentation here.

  1. Post Budget Policy Forum: Tell Us What You Really Think!

Date and time: Tuesday 15 May 2018, 12.00pm to 2.00pm

Venue: National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2600

Speakers: Organised by the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation, ANU and TTPI. Jane Halton AO, PSM – former Secretary, Departments of Finance and Health; council member, Australian Strategic Policy Institute; and ANZ board member. Professor Helen Sullivan – Director, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU; Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and the Institute of Public Administration Australia. Phil Coorey – Chief Political Correspondent, The Australian Financial Review. Dr John Hewson AM – former leader of the Opposition and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU. Convenor: Steve Sedgwick AO – former Secretary, Departments of Finance and Education and Employment; former Director, Asian Development Bank.

For registration, please click here. You can watch the forum here and listen to the podcast here.

  1. Women in Economics – 2018 Federal Budget Perspectives Address

Date and time: Wednesday 23 May 2018, 11.30am to 1.30pm

Venue: National Press Club of Australia, 16 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600

Speakers: Danielle Wood, National Women in Economics Chair & Director of Budget Policy Program at the Grattan Institute; Lynne Pezullo, Lead Partner of Health Economics and Social Policy Deloitte Australia; and Dr Janine Dixon, Senior Research Fellow, Centre of Policy Studies Victoria University, Melbourne Australia.

Tickets are available for purchase here. You can watch the address on iview until 22 June.

  1. Budget and Policy Analysis for Gender Equality

Date and time: Wednesday 23 May 2018, 5.30pm to 6.30pm

Venue: ANU College of Law, 5 Fellows Road, ANU

Speakers: Organised by The Centre for International & Public Law, in association with the Attorney-General’s Department and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Professor Miranda Stewart, Fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University and a Professor at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne.

For registration, please click here.

 

Stay tuned—we will keep updating this list as more events become available.

 

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