CEDA State of the Nation Conference

Event overview
CEDA’s annual two-day State of the Nation conference begins today in Canberra featuring more than 20 leading speakers from politics, business, industry and community organisations. Day one speakers include: Chair, beyondblue and former Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. Julia Gillard AC; Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon. Marise Payne; Attorney-General, Federal Minister for Industrial Relations, the Hon. Christian Porter; Federal Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon. Paul Fletcher; Federal Shadow Treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers and more.

This year CEDA celebrates 40 years of hosting the State of the Nation conference in Canberra and CEDA's new research report released this week, Company Pulse 2019 will form part of this year's theme. The report, based on a nationwide poll, provides insights on the community’s expectations of business and how these expectations compare with the priorities of business leaders.

To see the full State of the Nation program and speaker times click here.

Day one State of the Nation speakers:

• Dr Jim Chalmers, Federal Shadow Treasurer
• Nicole Dwyer, Chief Executive Officer, Workskil Australia
• The Hon. Paul Fletcher, Federal Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts
• The Hon. Julia Gillard AC, Chair, beyondblue and former Prime Minister of Australia
• Sally McManus, Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions
• Sam Mostyn, Chair, Citi Australia
• Karen Mundine, Chief Executive Officer, Reconciliation Australia
• Hassan Noura, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
• Senator the Hon. Marise Payne, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women
• The Hon. Christian Porter, Attorney-General, Federal Minister for Industrial Relations
• Meghan Quinn, Deputy Secretary, Macroeconomic Group, Federal Department of the Treasury

Live stream: 
The State of the Nation conference will be live streamed via www.ceda.com.au.

The live stream will begin at the following times:
ACT, NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC  9.00am   |    SA, NT  8.30am   |    WA  7.00am 

About CEDA

CEDA – the Committee for Economic Development of Australia – is an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation. We identify policy issues that matter for Australia’s future and pursue solutions that deliver better economic, social and environmental outcomes for Australia.

CEDA's cross-sector membership of 770 spans every state and territory and includes Australia's leading businesses, community organisations, government departments and academic institutions.

CEDA was founded in 1960 by leading economist Sir Douglas Copland. His legacy of applying economic analysis to practical problems to aid the development of Australia continues to drive our work today.

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