Engagement & impact

Consultancy / submissions / research reports

Gender-wise investing: A springboard for Australia’s recovery Commissioned report for Australians Investing in Women, Co-authored with Angela Jackson, Equity Economics (2021)

‘What more does the Victorian Budget need for an inclusive recovery’, Commissioned report for Equal Workplaces Advisory Council, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria Government, Co-authored with Angela Jackson, Equity Economics (2021)

‘Gender equity as a driver of growth: Policies for an inclusive economic recovery for Victoria’, Commissioned report for Equal Workplaces Advisory Council, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria Government, Co-authored with Angela Jackson, Equity Economics (2020)

Gender Lens on the Budget 2020-2021 National Foundation for Australian Women, Contributing author (2020)

Submission on Gender Responsive Budgeting Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit Review of the Operations of the Parliamentary Budget Office 2019-Australian Parliamentary Budget Office, Co-authored with Angela Jackson (Equity Economics) (2020)

Proposed changes to the Higher Education Contribution Scheme: A statement from the Women in Economics Network Authored on behalf of the Women in Economics Network, Submission to the Prime Minister, Minister for Education, and Minister for Women (2020)

Submission on Gender Responsive Budgeting Inquiry on Gender Responsive Budgeting, Parliament of Victoria, Co-authored with Angela Jackson (Equity Economics) (2019)

Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2019: Event report and evaluation Authored on behalf of the AGEW Organising Committee and Women in Economics Network, for workshop sponsors (2019)

Submission to Prime Minister and Cabinet Office for Women for 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) (2019)

Time Use Survey Reference Group, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Government (2019–present)

Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2018: Policy Brief Authored on behalf of the Women in Economics Network (WEN) for the Office for Women, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and the Department of Jobs and Small Business, Australian Government (2018)

Behavioural Insights and Gender Equality Deliberative Forum and Leading Thinkers Taskforce, VicHealth, Victorian Government, Melbourne (2018–present)

Expert Roundtable on Improving Outcomes for Australian Women, Office for Women, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government, Canberra (2018) 

Advancing Queensland Women: Women’s Economic Security. Policy consultation paper prepared for the Office for Women, Queensland Department of Communities, Queensland Government (2012)

Contributing author to government advisory reports

• Geographic Labour Mobility Inquiry Report, Australian Government Productivity Commission (2014) ‘Conceptual framework’ (Chapter 2)
• Looking Back on Structural Change in Australia: 2002-2012 Supplement to Annual Report, Australian Government Productivity Commission (2013) ‘Some underlying trends in labour adjustment’ (Chapter 5) and ‘Resources: A case study in structural adjustment: What were the implications for labour?’ (Chapter 6)
• Schools Workforce Inquiry Report, Australian Government Productivity Commission (2012) ‘Reducing educational disadvantage’ (Chapter 9) and ‘Policy evaluation and research’ (Chapter 10)
• Vocational Education and Training Workforce Inquiry Report, Australian Government Productivity Commission (2011) ‘Profiling the VET workforce’ (Chapter 3) in
• Performance of Public and Private Hospitals: Multivariate Analysis Supplement to Inquiry Report, Australian Government Productivity Commission (2010) ‘Technical efficiency’ (Chapter 5)
• Performance of Public and Private Hospitals Inquiry Report, Australian Government Productivity Commission (2009) ‘Australia’s public hospital sector’ (Chapter 3)

RECENT GUEST SPEAKER / PANELLIST

Gender-wise investing: A springboard for Australia’s recovery
Panellist, Australians Investing In Women (Virtual 2021)



RMIT presents International Women’s Day 2021
Panellist, RMIT University (2021)

Educating the next generation of economists
Panellist, Australian Gender Economics Workshop Policy Symposium (2021)

Flame Bearers – The Women Carrying the Tokyo’s Torch
Guest interview, Story on Australian athletes Madeleine McAffe and Tanya Beths on Managing Careers, Health and Beach Handbal‪l (2021)

Pursuing gender equality in the workplace – What does the research say? And what gets in the way?
Guest speaker, People Analytics and Future of Work Conference (2021)

Women and the Budget
Panellist, Griffith University and Women in Economics Network (2020)

Breaking down barriers to women in the workforce: The evidence is on your side
Guest speaker, Women in People Analytics, Talent and HR Virtual Conference (2020)

How to teach students about the gender pay gap
Interviewed on Updated Education Podcast (2020)

Applying a gender lens to government policy
Guest speaker, Women’s Professional Development Virtual Conference, LGPro (2020)

Leadership during a crisis
Moderator, Women in Economics Network Webinar (2020)

COVID, care and wellbeing: What do we really value?
Moderator, Women in Economics Network Webinar (2020)

Teaching, engaging and inspiring students: Initiatives to encourage more women into economics
Panellist, Australasian Teaching Economics Conference, Melbourne (2019)

The economics of diversity – and how does it apply to the economics profession itself
Moderator, Australian Conference of Economists, Melbourne (2019)

How can economics contribute to gender equity?
Moderator, Australian Gender Economics Workshop Policy Symposium, Melbourne (2019)

50 years on from the ‘Equal Pay Case’: How far have we come? Have far have we got to go?
Moderator, Special event jointly hosted by the Economic Society of Australia, Women in Economics Network and RMIT University, Melbourne (2019)

Engaging and educating women in economics: What’s putting female students off?
Panellist, Women in Economics Network Special Session, Australian Conference of Economists, Canberra (2018)

Guest speaker, Women’s Researchers Network Annual Symposium, RMIT University (2018)
Guest speaker, Bluestocking Week Celebrating Women in Academia, RMIT University (2018)
Guest speaker, Comview Professional Conference, Victorian Commercial Teachers’ Association (VCTA) (2017, 2018)
Guest speaker, Professional Development Day, Queensland Economics Teachers Association (QETA) (2017)

RECENT MEDIA ENGAGEMENT & CITATIONS