Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Stephen is an internationally recognised expert on governance, regulation and public finance.
Stephen was Professor of Governance and Head of the National Institute of Governance at the University of Canberra, and also a Commissioner with the International Airservices Commission, the regulator that governs operators’ access to international air passenger and freight routes into and out of Australia. During the 2015 and 2019 NSW elections served as Parliamentary Budget Officer.
Until 2003, he was Deputy Secretary, Australian Department of Finance and Administration, where he managed the Budget Group. During this period, he introduced Australia’s outcomes/outputs and accruals budgeting framework, which (with some modification) remains the budget system today.
Please stop obsessing over words. It’s quite simple: the RBA thinks inflation is too high
Jun 20, 2024 05:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy
These days every word of every statement from the Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock is pored over in minute detail as is every word uttered at her press conference after each Reserve Bank board meeting. Desperate...
The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero
Dec 07, 2023 08:05 am UTC| Economy
The national accounts released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show economic growth slid to a measly 0.2% in the last quarter. Thats well down from a low 0.4% in the June quarter. Of course, economic...
From field to store to plate, our farmers are increasingly worried about climate change
Mar 11, 2022 17:01 pm UTC| Nature
Empty supermarket shelves still shock Australians, who have become accustomed to being able to buy the food they want. But we can expect to see more empty shelves, more often, in coming decades. Climate change means...
South African telescope discovers a giant galaxy that’s 32 times bigger than Earth’s