Developments in work and wellbeing for contemporary Australia

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