New South Wales Branch
The NSW Branch hosts the Annual Conference and Symposia from time to time. It holds regular Seminars. Further details can be found here & below.
Branch AGM
The New South Wales Branch has held its AGM in early December since 2017, shifted from March/April to align with the calendar year reporting cycle to Federal Council.
Current Committee
| Position | Full Name | Mailing Address |
|---|---|---|
| President (acting) | Sam Miller | NSW Farmers Level 4, 154 Pacific Highway ST LEONARDS NSW 2065 |
| President Elect | Sam Miller | NSW Farmers, Level 4, 154 Pacific Highway ST LEONARDS NSW 2065 |
| Past President | John Madden | Arche Holdings PO Box 496, Bondi Road BONDI NSW 2026 |
| Treasurer | Mladen Kovac | Natural Capital Markets & Accounts NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water 4 Parramatta Square PARRAMATTA NSW 2150 |
| Secretary | Dean Johnson | Natural Capital Markets & Accounts NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water 4 Parramatta Square PARRAMATTA NSW 2150 |
| Manager, Promotion and Development | Sam Miller | NSW Farmers Level 4, 154 Pacific Highway ST LEONARDS NSW 2065 |
| Federal Council Representative | Dr Michael Harris | Natural Capital Markets & Accounts NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water 4 Parramatta Square PARRAMATTA NSW 2150 |
| Webmaster & Seminar/Webinar Organiser | Rod McInnes | 4/49 Terry Road EASTWOOD NSW 2122 |
Upcoming events:
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
| 31 July 2024 |
Panel: Sue Ogilvy, Program Director, Farming for the Future Liz Heagney, Research Director, Farming for the Future Daniel Gregg, Quantitative Economist & Principal, Heuris Pty. Ltd Mark Gardner, Regenerative Agriculture Advisor & Principal, Vanguard Business Services |
Webinar: The Farming for the Future Program: what are its contributions to research, policy and to on-the ground outcomes? Seminar Flyer |
Previous events:
| Date | Presenter | Topic | |
| 18 April 2024 |
Panel: Rob Stokes, Former Minister for Infrastructure, Cities, and Active Transport, Infrastructure NSW James Carley, Principal Coastal Engineer, UNSW Water Research Laboratory Shima Madani, General Manager, Balmoral Group Australia |
Coastal Management: The Engineering, Economics and Policy Webinar Flyer Webinar recording (To come) | |
| 14 December 2023 |
Panel: Dr Rohan Henry, Consultant, One-Basin CRC, Committee on Aboriginal Water Interests John Madden Director, Arche |
AGM, Xmas Seminar & Drinks: Aboriginal Water Ownership: Combining governance and economics to turn on the tap Seminar Flyer | |
| 8 December 2022 |
Panel: Jeff Bennett, Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University’s Crawford School. Nick Hanley, Chair in Environmental and One Health Economics at the University of Glasgow. Alexander Cox, PhD Candidate at the Australian National University’s Crawford School. |
AGM, Xmas Seminar & Drinks: Biodiversity Offsetting: the state of play Seminar Flyer | |
| 6-7 October 2022 | Various. The Symposium replaced our normal Seminar Program for 2022 | NSW Symposium: Natural Capital in the 21st Century Recording (To come) | |
| 9 December 2021 | Stuart Kells and Scott Hamilton, Melbourne University | AGM, Xmas Seminar & Drinks: Sold Down the River Webinar Flyer Webinar recording (To come) | |
| 17 November 2021 | Ross Kingwell, Chief Economist, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre; Professor at the University of Western Australia; Chief Economist, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (Western Australia) | Australian Grains at 2040 Webinar Flyer Webinar recording (To come) | |
| 13 October 2021 | Dr Rohan Best, Macquarie University | Estimating the Impact of Rooftop Solar on Housing Markets Webinar Flyer Webinar recording (To come) | |
| 25 August 2021 | Dr Kim Houghton and Katie Bassett, Regional Australia Institute | Labour and skills are constraining regional economic growth Webinar recording | |
| 10 December 2020 | Ash Salardini, Chief Economist and General Manager Trade, National Farmers Federation | AGM, Xmas Seminar & Drinks: Is competition policy obtaining ‘good’ outcomes in our food supply chains? Webinar Recording | |
| 9 July 2020 | Lihini De Silva, Winner of the 2019 AARES NSW Undergraduate Prize | Wasting Space? The Effects of Food-Organic Composting Services on Household Waste Generation Webinar Recording | |
| 21 May 2020 | Manfred Lenzen, Integrated Sustainability Analysis, School of Physics, University of Sydney | Estimating economic damage of climate-related disasters and spillovers from COVID-19 using an input-output framework Members only. | |
| 4 December 2019 | Tim Nelson, Executive General Manager, Strategy and Economic Analysis at the Australian Energy Market Commission | AGM, Xmas Seminar & Drinks: Australia’s changing energy markets | |
| 3 October 2019 | Mladen Kovac, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment | Lessons Learned in Developing the NSW Biodiversity Market | |
| 2 May 2019 | Alastair Fraser, University of Sydney | Intensive and Extensive Margin Responses in Electricity Conservation: How Households Respond to Financial Rewards | |
| 21 March 2019 | Dodo Thampapillai, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore | Contemporary Mainstream Economics and Contraindications for Climate Maladies | |
| 6 December 2018 | John Madden, Associate Commissioner, Productivity Commission | AGM, Xmas Seminar & Drinks: National Water Reform: What's still to be done? | |
| 18 October 2018 | Rebecca Taylor, Assistant Professor, the University of Sydney | A Mixed Bag: The Hidden Time Costs of Regulating Consumer Behavior | |
| 13 September 2018 | Jay Horton, Managing Director, Strategis Partners | Livestock Econometrics in the Age of Big Data Members Only | |
| 3 June 2018 | Manann Donoghue, Research Economist, ABARES | Certification or Certainty? Impacts of 4C Certification on Coffee Smallholder Livelihoods | |
| 14 December 2017 | Dr. Michael Harris, Senior Economist, NSW Environmental Protection Authority | AGM, Xmas Seminar & Drinks: Risk and Uncertainty in Public Decision Making | |
| 9 November 2017 | Dr Jason Crean & Dr Anthony Clark, NSW Department of Primary Industries | A new approach to monitoring drought in NSW – the Enhanced Drought Information System (EDIS) | |
| December 2016 | No Xmas Event | ||
| 29 September 2016 | Phil Townsend, PhD, Fenner School, ANU | Assessing change in rural communities | |
| 18 August 2016 | Harley Smith, Principal Economist, NSW Department of Industry | A principles-based cost-recovery framework for government investment decisions: Biosecurity | |
| 30 May 2016 | Professor Jeff Bennett, Australian National University | Managing the Environment Privately (Lunch meeting) | |
| May 2016 | Sarah Smith, University of Sydney | AGM & Seminar: The El Niño Southern Oscillation and Economic Growth in the Developing World | |
| December 2015 | Dr. Greg Hertzler, University of Sydney/Western Australia | Xmas Seminar & Drinks: The demise of Ag and Resource Economics as we know it? | |
| August 2015 | John Fountain, NSW Department of Health | Cost Benefit Analysis: Options to Protect Old Bar from Coastal Hazards | |
| June 2015 | Dr. Terry Griffin | Precision Agriculture Issues and the Evolution into Big Data | |
| April 2015 | Dr David Ubilava, University of Sydney | Rises and Falls in Primary Commodity Prices: Blame it on ENSO or Leave Them Kids Alone? | |
| November 2014 | Presenter: Jay Horton, Strategis Partners | Economic Stories of the Agri-foods Firm | |
| September 2014 | David Buckland and Harley Smith, NSW Trade and Investment | Productivity in NSW | |
| June 2014 | Russell Toth, University of Sydney | The Economics of Mobile Pastoralism in East Africa | |
| March 2014 | Elizabeth Nolan, University of Sydney | The contribution of genetic modification to changes in corn yield in the United States | |
| December 2013 | Prof. Chris O'Donnell, University of Queensland | Xmas Seminar & Drinks: An economic approach to identifying the drivers of productivity change in the market sectors of the Australian economy | |
| August 2013 | Caroline Hoisington and Laura Eadie, Centre for Policy Development | A strong economy and a healthy environment | |
| May 2013 | Prof. Chris Barrett, Cornell University | The impact of world oil price shocks on maize prices in East Africa Webinar recording | |
| April 2013 | Prof. Peter Warr, Australian National University | Agricultural research, productivity and poverty reduction in Indonesia Webinar recording | |
| December 2012 | Dodo Thampapillai, National University of Singapore | Xmas Seminar & Drinks: Towards a new way of thinking in economics | |
| August 2012 | Tom Murphy, Western Research Institute | Economic impact analysis versus cost-benefit analysis Webinar recording | |
| June 2012 | Dave Appels, Frontier Economics | Impacts of water trading in the southern Murray-Darling basin Webinar recording | |
| May 2012 | Jeff Bennett, Australian National University | Little green lies: An expose of twelve environmental myths | |
| March 2012 | Nicole Hellyer, University of Kent | Food choice, nutritional information and functional ingredients: An experimental auction employing bread | |
| December 2011 | Dr Brian Fisher, BAEconomics Pty Ltd | Xmas Seminar & Drinks: Taxing resource rents and carbon - the impact on investment decision makers | |
| September 2011 | Dr Brian Davidson, University of Melbourne | The value of water in Western Sydney | |
| August 2011 | Rod McInnes, Sydney Catchment Authority | Valuing catchments as business assets: Ending the public squalor of urban water resources | |
| July 2011 | Dr Karel Nolles, Macquarie Bank | The investment challenges and impacts facing electricity networks as a result of climate change policies | |
| March 2011 | Dr Alan Randall, University of Sydney | Some reflections on sustainability in the Murray Darling Basin | |
| December 2010 | Alexandra Lobb, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water | Incorporating environmental risk and uncertainty into economic analysis for policy evaluation | |
| December 2010 | Laura Hohnen, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water | Modelling cost-effective air pollution abatement: a multiple period linear programming approach in the Sydney metropolitan area | |
| July 2010 | Alex McMillan, NSW Natural Resources Commission | Lessons from recent NRC assessments of river red gum and cypress forests | |
| April 2010 | Joshua Gilroy, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water | Natural resources and regulation with a focus on native vegetation and the kangaroo industry | |
