Who was in the room for the first Economic Reform Roundtable and where they sat
There were 28 people in the room for the roundtable’s first session this morning.
Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council chair Scott Farquhar arrived in time for the second session.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sat in his usual seat at the centre of the Cabinet table, in front of a picture of gang-gangs cockatoos, the faunal emblem of the ACT.
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The Treasurer is chairing all sessions across the three days.
The ministers were flanked by Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson and RBA governor Michele Bullock.
Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood – whose National Press Club Q&A session on Monday Mr Albanese made a point of mentioning he had watched – is seated opposite them.
Shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien was seated at one far end of the oval-shaped table and independent MP Allegra Spender was at the other end, next to top bureaucrat Steven Kennedy.
ACTU leadership team Michele O’Neil and Sally McManus were seated together about two-thirds of the way down the table on the opposite side from the ministers.
The heads of the four major business lobby groups were split up, however, mixed in among the various experts, industry and civil society representatives filling out the table.
First roundtable seating order
L-R, one side of table
- Sue Lloyd-Hurwitz, chair of the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council
- Cassandra Goldie of the Australian Council of Social Services
- Andrew McKellar, chief executive officer of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Ben Wyatt, board member of Woodside and former WA treasurer
- Kerry Schott, chair of the Competition Review Expert Advisory Panel
- Jenny Wilkinson, secretary of the Department of the Treasury
- Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister
- Jim Chalmers, Treasurer
- Katy Gallagher, Finance Minister
- Michele Bullock, Reserve Bank of Australia governor
- Daniel Mookhey, chair of the Board of Treasurers and NSW Treasurer
- Innes Willox, chief executive officer of the Australian Industry Group
- Cath Bowtell, chair of IFM Investors
- Ted O’Brien, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and shadow treasurer
R-L, other side of the table
- Allegra Spender MP, Federal Independent Member for Wentworth
- Steven Kennedy, secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- David Jochinke, president of the National Farmers’ Federation*
- Bran Black, chief executive officer of the Business Council of Australia
- Heather Smith, national president of the Australian Institute of International Affairs*
- Ken Henry, chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation
- Matt Comyn, chief executive officer of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Danielle Wood, chair of the Productivity Commission
- Gina Cass-Gottlieb, chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Andrew Fraser, chair of the Australian Retirement Trust, chancellor of Griffith University and former Queensland treasurer
- Sally McManus, secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Michele O’Neil, president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Matthew Addison, chair of the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia
- Shiro Armstrong, Australian National University professor*
- Scott Farquhar, chair of the Tech Council of Australia (arrived at start of second session)
*(first session only)
Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino and Assistant Minister for Productivity Andrew Leigh were seated behind Dr Chalmers.
