Ken Henry’s last official speech as Treasury Secretary

This Friday, 4 March 2011 at 5.30 pm the 2011 Giblin Lecture will be presented by Dr Ken Henry AC, the Secretary of the Australian Treasury.

His address is titled Australia 2011: Opportunities, Challenges & Policy Responses. Martin Wallace, the Tasmanian Treasury Secretary, will give the welcoming address. It will be followed by drinks at the University Club.

The lecture will be held at the Centenary Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Centenary Building, Grosvenor Crescent on the University campus in Sandy Bay. The Giblin lecture is held annually and is jointly hosted by the School of Economics and Finance and the Tasmanian Branch of the Economic Society of Australia.

You can RSVP on 6226 2308 (or just turn up on the day). The event is free (but RSVPs are welcome for catering).

This will be Dr Henry’s last official speech as Secretary of the Treasury and I encourage you all to attend.

You may also be interested in another upcoming event; ‘The Science of Climate Change’, Professor Ross Garnaut’s public presentation of his latest update on Climate Change. The presentation is on 10 March in the Stanley Burbury Theatre at the University of Tasmania and no registration is required.

Details are available on the University website:
http://www.events.utas.edu.au/events/the-
science-of-climate-change.

Further general details here:
http://www.events.utas.edu.au/

Download flyers:
Giblin_Poster.pdf
Science_of_Climate_Change_Launch_of_Update_paper_5_Hobart.pdf