Tuesday 27 August, 6pm to 7.30pm
Battery Point Community Hall
You’re invited to this discussion and Q&A with economists Graeme Wells and Senator Peter Whish-Wilson and Corporate Governance Lecturer Tom Baxter
Graeme Wells returned to the University of Tasmania in 2004, after twenty five years at universities in Australia and overseas. He has served as the head of economics departments at Victoria University of Wellington and the Australian National University. Since his return to Tasmania he has been an active contributor to economic debates surrounding the forest industry and other policy debacles.
Peter Whish-Wilson joined the Australian Senate when Dr Bob Brown retired in June 2012. This year he launchedTASMANIA 2030: A vision for a Green, Dynamic and Prosperous Tasmanian Economy which outlines the Greens 20 year plan for Tasmania’s economy. Peter was a lecturer and researcher in economics and finance at the University of Tasmania, is a former Senior Vice President at Deutsche Bank and a tireless advocate for the environment.
Tom Baxter a Corporate Governance lecturer at the University of Tasmania. After graduating from UTAS Tom worked for Hobart law firm Dobson, Mitchell & Allport from September 1997 until December 1999. From January 2000 to May 2003 he was Legal Officer for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the Australian Government statutory authority responsible for management of the Great Barrier Reef. In June 2003 he returned to UTAS as a lecturer in the School of Accounting and Corporate Governance.
Emma Anglesey
