PROGRESS 2050: Toward a prosperous future for all Australians
Collections of the most influential and interesting speeches from the CEDA platform.
13/02/2017
CEDA's Top 10 Speeches for 2012, in chronological order, are as follows:
![]() | Women in Leadership: A chairman's perspective – Elizabeth Proust AO, Nestle Australia Ltd, Chairman The Global Financial Crisis and sovereign risk - mitigating measures and solution from down under – Professor the Hon Stephen Martin, CEDA, Chief Executive Copland Lecture - Transitioning to a low emissions future: Implications for global energy systems – Professor Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Deputy Director and Chief Economist, and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Co-Chair Demography is not destiny: Age discrimination and the economy – The Hon. Susan Ryan, Australian Human Rights Commission, Age Discrimination Commissioner Commentary on the White Paper - Australia in the Asian Century – Centre for International Security Studies, Michael Hintze Fellow, Adjunct Associate Professor, John Lee Australia's place in the new global economy – Secretary, Department of the Treasury, Dr Martin Parkinson Opposition's address: State of the Nation – Federal Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Tony Abbott In conversation with Infrastructure NSW's Chairman and CEO – Chairman, Infrastructure NSW, the Hon. Nick Greiner AC; and CEO, Infrastructure NSW, Paul Broad Australia's energy transformation – Federal Minister for Resources and Energy, the Hon. Martin Ferguson AM Producing prosperity – Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia, Glenn Stevens |
Despite some positive progress over recent years, there is still a considerable gender pay gap in Australia, Workplace Gender Equality Agency Director Libby Lyons told a CEDA Women in Leadership event in Brisbane.
Read more Leadership | Diversity | Inclusion July 20, 2016Closing the gap between the number of men and women in Australia’s workforce will boost Australia’s GDP by 11 per cent, Dr Cathy Foley has told a CEDA audience in Canberra.
Read more Leadership | Diversity | Inclusion April 11, 2013Progress towards gender equality, including milestones such as having the first female Prime Minister, should not be confused with success in workforce equality, journalist and author Dr Anne Summers told a CEDA Women in Leadership forum in Sydney.
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