Appendix 1: Membership of ASAC as at 30 June 2025

Latest release
Australian Statistics Advisory Council - Annual Report
Reference period
2024-25 financial year
MemberDate first appointedMeetings attended during 2024–25
Prof Emeritus Ian Harper AO28 February 20223
    
Dr David Gruen AO11 December 20192
 Australian Statistician (ex officio)
Australian Bureau of Statistics
  
Prof Lisa Jackson Pulver AM8 April 20132
 Deputy Vice Chancellor
The University of Sydney
  
Dr Luci Ellis2 November 20153
 Chief Economist, 
Westpac Banking Group
  
Mr Stephen Walters2 November 20153
 Chief Economist
Business Council Australia
  
Prof Elizabeth Webster29 August 20242
 Director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne  
Ms Gayle Milnes12 October 20223
 National Data Commissioner
Office of the National Data Commissioner
  
Mr Andrew Barker12 March 20251
 Head of Research
Committee for Economic Development of Australia
  
Prof Robert Breunig12 October 20221
 Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute
Chair of Tax Policy and Public Finance Professor of Economics, 
Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
  
Prof Nicholas Biddle20 January 20233
 Head of the School of Politics and International Relations, 
Australian National University
  
Dr Shane Johnson8 September 20233
 First Assistant Secretary, Macroeconomic Analysis and 
Policy Division, Department of the Treasury
  
Dr Sarah Hunter1 March 20243
 Assistant Governor/Chief Economist,
Reserve Bank of Australia
  
State/Territory RepresentativesDate first appointedMeetings attended during 2024–25
Ms Joann Wilkie12 November 20223
 Deputy Secretary for the Economic Strategy and
Productivity Group, New South Wales Treasury
  
Mr Paul Donegan1 March 20242
 Deputy Secretary, Economic Division
Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria
  
Mr Antony Skinner8 April 20132
 Government Statistician
Queensland Treasury
  
Mr Michael Andrews1 March 20242
 Assistant Under Treasurer (Economic)
Department of Treasury, Western Australia
  
Mr Mathew Healey11 February 20251
 Deputy Secretary Strategy and Delivery
Tasmanian Department of Premier and Cabinet
  
Mr Mick Butler3 May 20212
 Deputy Under Treasurer, 
Department of Treasury and Finance, Northern Territory
  
Mr Greg Raymond4 March 20251
 Executive Director, Revenue and Economics, South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance  

The Minister appointed the following members to the Council during 2024–25:

  • Prof Elizabeth Webster
  • Mr Andrew Barker
  • Mr Mathew Healey
  • Mr Greg Raymond

The following members were farewelled in 2024–25, with thanks for their contributions to the Council:

  • Ms Melinda Cilento
  • Prof Abigail Payne
  • Mr Stephen Miners
  • Ms Tammie Pribanic
  • Mr Todd Crawford
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