Anthony Albanese to outline Labor progress and strategy to tackle challenges
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, Anthony Albanese will next month outline Labor’s progress in delivering election commitments and his strategy to address long-term challenges.
Anthony Albanese will provide a midterm update on his policy game plan at the The Australian-Melbourne Institute’s Economic and Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne next month.
Amid global turmoil and a cost-of-living crisis at home, the Prime Minister will outline Labor’s progress in delivering election commitments and his strategy to address long-term challenges, including building lasting prosperity, broadening the nation’s industrial base and enhancing security partnerships at a time of geostrategic competition.
Since winning power in May last year, Mr Albanese has made “opening doors of opportunity” his lasting mission, with a commitment of “No one held back, no one left behind” to steer Labor’s reform agenda.
Jim Chalmers will open the November 2 conference, Bold Ideas for a Defining Decade, with a speech on the energy transition.
The Treasurer will outline how Labor’s approach will allow Australia to meet its climate obligations while maximising economic advantages so that more Australians can be beneficiaries of change in the decades ahead.
The chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, will deliver a keynote address about promoting economic dynamism and productivity growth, including through better merger laws, tackling unfair trading and regulation of digital platforms.
The federal government has set up a competition taskforce to examine the extent of market concentration and policies to encourage innovation and start-ups.
Former Reserve Bank assistant governor (economic) Luci Ellis will update guests on the state of the economy, ahead of a crucial central bank board meeting on Melbourne Cup Day.
Dr Ellis, now Westpac chief economist, will speak about the narrow path the RBA is on to cut inflation to below 3 per cent by late 2025 and preserve job gains.
Other speakers include chief executive of WiseTech Global Richard White, former foreign minister Gareth Evans, Minerals Council chief executive Tania Constable and opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham.
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