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State of the Nation 2023: news and highlights

Highlights from Australia's premier public policy forum, CEDA's State of the Nation. 

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13/06/2023

Highlights from the Prime Minister's Keynote Address at State of the Nation 2023

THE HON. ANTHONY ALBANESE
PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA

Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. Anthony Albanese opened CEDA’s State of the Nation 2023.

“Australia has the resources, the people, the ‘get-up-and-go’ to seize this moment.”   

In his speech, Mr. Albanese emphasised the importance of boosting productivity through wage increases, particularly in the care industry, clean energy, embracing new technologies for stronger growth and finding opportunities within the nation’s economic challenges.

“Australia’s future security and our future prosperity depends on our economy breaking new ground. Attracting new sources of international investment, diversifying our future exports, boosting the skills of our workforce, building greater resilience in our supply chains, moving more of our businesses up the international value chain and supporting the full, equal, respectful, and overdue participation of women in the economy.”


Read the Prime Minister's full address at State of the Nation. 

TACKLING AUSTRALIA'S BIG INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES


Speakers:

  • Larry McGrath, Managing Director NSW & ACT, McConnell Dowell
  • Caroline Wykamp, Chief Executive Officer, Marinus Link
  • Steve Brogan, Acting Chief Policy and Research, Infrastructure Australia
  • Jim Betts, Secretary, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
  • Esther Kerr, Chief Executive Officer Wealth and Capital Markets, Australian Unity

Read Diane Smith-Gander's speech at State of the Nation.


BECOMING A LEADING ECONOMY In DECARBONISATIoN AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION


Speakers:

  • The Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water
  • Frank Calabria, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Origin Energy
  • Mark Hatfield, Managing Director, Chevron Australia
  • Paul Gleeson, Group Director Sustainability and Managing Director Energy, Aurecon
  • Belinda Wade, Principal, Climate Transition, Aurecon

Read Minister Plibersek's full CEDA address.


ESG: how leaders separate the signal from the noise

INTERNATIONAL perspective

Dr Mark Carney, United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance , Co-Chair of GFANZ 


AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE

Joseph Longo, Chair, Australian Securities & Investments Commission 

Read Joseph Longo's State of the Nation address.



View from the Opposition, in conversation with:
THE HON.PETER DUTTON
FEDERAL LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

"Our inflation woes, in good part, are coming from Canberra...our core inflation rate is higher than the US, Canada, Japan and Euro area." 

Read the Hon. Peter Dutton's State of the Nation full address.



Dynamic capabilities: How Australian firms can survive and thrive in uncertain times

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Can Australia power innovation by improving dynamic capability?


Speakers:

  • Paul Graham, Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Australia Post 
  • Sophia Hamblin Wang, Chief Operating Officer, MCi Carbon
  • Melissa Wilson, Senior Economist, CEDA

Read Melissa Wilson's State of the Nation full address.


 



What's next for cyber security? Protecting data without stifling innovation


Speakers:

  • Robert Lee, Founder and CEO, Dragos 
  • Megan Motto, Chief Executive Officer, Governance Institute of Australia 
  • Nicholas Giurietto, Head of Future Policy, Australian Banking Association
  • Simon Burns, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin 


The Voice to Parliament: unpacking the opportunities


Speakers:

  • The Hon. Linda Burney, Minister for Indigenous Australians 
  • James Blackwell, Research Fellow in Indigenous Diplomacy, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University 
  • Sean Gordon, Managing Director, Gidgee Group, Chair, Uphold and Recognise 
  • Karen Mundine, Chief Executive Officer, Reconciliation Australia 

Read the Hon. Linda Burney's address at State of the Nation.


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Photos of the day

  • The Hon. Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia

  • Cassandra Winzar, Chief Economist, CEDA

  • Paul House, Ngambri-Ngunnawal custodian

  • Melinda Cilento, Chief Executive, CEDA and the Hon. Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia

  • Steve Brogan, Acting Chief Policy and Research, Infrastructure Australia and Diane Smith-Gander, Chairman, CEDA

  • Larry McGrath, Managing Director NSW & ACT, McConnell Dowell

  • Esther Kerr, Chief Executive Officer Wealth and Capital Markets, Australian Unity

  • The Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water

  • Belinda Wade, Principal Climate Transition, Sustainability and Climate Change, Aurecon and Mark Hatfield Managing Director, Chevron Australia

  • Joseph Longo, Chair, Australian Securities & Investments Commission

  • Cassandra Winzar, Chief Economist, CEDA and The Hon. Peter Dutton, Federal Leader of the Opposition

  • Sophia Hamblin Wang, Chief Operating Officer, MCi Carbon

  • Sophia Hamblin Wang, Chief Operating Officer, MCi Carbon

  • Megan Motto, Chief Executive Officer, Governance Institute of Australia

  • Robert Lee, Founder and CEO, Dragos and Megan Motto, Chief Executive Officer, Governance Institute of Australia

  • Melinda Cilento, Chief Executive, CEDA and Dr Mark Carney, United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, Co-Chair of GFANZ

  • Melinda Cilento, Chief Executive, CEDA and Dr Mark Carney, United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, Co-Chair of GFANZ

  • The Hon. Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia

  • The Hon. Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia

  • Melinda Cilento, Chief Executive, CEDA and the Hon. Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia

  • Frank Calabria, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Origin Energy

  • Belinda Wade, Principal Climate Transition, Sustainability and Climate Change, Aurecon; Mark Hatfield Managing Director, Chevron Australia; Frank Calabria, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Origin Energy and The Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water

  • Belinda Wade, Principal Climate Transition, Sustainability and Climate Change, Aurecon; Mark Hatfield Managing Director, Chevron Australia; Frank Calabria, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Origin Energy and The Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water

  • • Paul Gleeson, Group Director Sustainability and Managing Director Energy, Aurecon

  • • Paul Gleeson, Group Director Sustainability and Managing Director Energy, Aurecon

  • The Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water

  • Nicholas Giurietto, Head of Future Policy, Australian Banking Association; Simon Burns, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin and Megan Motto, Chief Executive Officer, Governance Institute of Australia

  • Robert Lee, Founder and CEO, Dragos; Nicholas Giurietto, Head of Future Policy, Australian Banking Association; Simon Burns, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin and Megan Motto, Chief Executive Officer, Governance Institute of Australia

  • Diane Smith-Gander AO, Chairman, CEDA

  • Paul Graham, Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Australia Post

  • Jim Betts, Secretary, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts and Diane Smith-Gander AO, Chairman, CEDA

  • Jim Betts, Secretary, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts and Diane Smith-Gander AO, Chairman, CEDA

  • Jim Betts, Secretary, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

  • Caroline Wykamp, Chief Executive Officer, Marinus Link

  • The Hon. Linda Burney, Minister for Indigenous Australians

  • Dr Mark Carney, United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, Co-Chair of GFANZ

  • Melissa Wilson, Senior Economist, CEDA

  • The Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water

  • The Hon. Peter Dutton, Federal Leader of the Opposition

  • The Hon. Peter Dutton, Federal Leader of the Opposition

  • The Hon. Peter Dutton, Federal Leader of the Opposition

  • The Hon. Linda Burney, Minister for Indigenous Australians

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