Developments in work and wellbeing for contemporary Australia is a nationally significant conversation on wellbeing frameworks, the care and support economy and the non-financial benefits of work.
This policy roundtable connected a diverse range of senior officials with a multidisciplinary group of Academy Fellows and leading social sciences experts.
Read a summary of the discussion.
Experts presenting at the roundtable include:
Session 1: Wellbeing frameworks
- Dr Dennis Trewin AO FASSA (Chair)
- Professor Fiona Stanley AC FAA FASSA FAHMS, Patron, Telethon Kids Institute
- Professor Arthur Grimes, Chair, Wellbeing and Public Policy, Wellington School of Business and Government
Session 2: Care and support economy
- Professor Marian Baird AO FASSA (Chair)
- Emeritus Professor Sara Charlesworth, Co-Chair, Work + Family Policy Roundtable
- Emeritus Professor Gabrielle Meagher, School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
- Dr Leonora Risse, Senior Lecturer, Economics, RMIT
Session 3: The non-financial benefits of work
- Mr David Kalisch FASSA (Chair)
- Professor Matthew Gray, Director, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods
- Professor Roger Wilkins, Deputy Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research, University of Melbourne
