Speeches

Includes copies of speeches delivered by the Australian Statistician

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The Rise of Big Data and Integrated Data Assets

Life Course Centre Data for Policy Summit: Keynote address

Australian Workshop on Public Finance: Keynote address

Australian Government Data Forum: Keynote address

20th Australian Population Association Conference: Opening Address

Melbourne Business Analytics Conference 2022: Opening Address

IPAA Event: Realising the potential of data in government

Locate22 Keynote Address: Building geospatial data capabilities to inform Australia’s important decisions

APS Graduate Data Network | 2022 Data Forum: Delving into Data

Past speeches

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2021

IPAA National Conference: Enhancing Service Delivery at the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 30 November 2021

Australian Statistician statement on the 2021 Census, 28 October 2021

IPAA podcast series (Ep 43): Leading through a crisis, 19 July 2021

2021 Census Press Conference: Address to the Press Gallery, Blue Room, Australian Parliament House, 18 June 2021

2020

Innovation and data: Address to the Australian Public Sector Innovation Show, 18 June 2020 

Measuring the impacts of COVID-19: Briefing to the Australian Business Economists, 30 April 2020 

Address to the Graduate Data Forum 2020, 7 April 2020 

Address to IPAA ACT: The promise of data in government, 11 March 2020 

BLADE Expo: Understanding what's happening and why - the role for microdata, 13 February 2020 

2019

Address to IPAA ACT - Leadership learnings from the ABS: The lows, the highs and everything in between, 28 November 2019 

Data to Inform a Nation: Opportunities & Challenges. Presentation to the Trans-Tasman Business Circle, Sydney, 1 November 2019 

IPAA ACT Conference - Maximising Value from Data: Navigating the Opportunities and the Challenges, 17 October 2019 

Learnings from the 2016 Census, 2017 Marriage Law Survey, and Beyond, IPAA NSW State Conference, Sydney, 21 May 2019 

Australia’s National Data Infrastructure: Opportunities and Risks, CEDA Trustees, Adelaide, 13 November 2018 

Plenary address to the Economics Society of Australia Conference, Canberra, 12 July 2018

2018

Australia’s National Data Infrastructure: Opportunities and Risks, CEDA Trustees, Adelaide, 13 November 2018 

Plenary address to the Economics Society of Australia Conference, Canberra, 12 July 2018

2017

IPAA/ABS Public Sector Data Integration Conference: Unlocking the Value of Australia’s Public Data, 3 November 2017

The 17th meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG), 31st October - 2nd November 2017

Presentation to CEDA Trustees, 5 October 2017, Victoria

Leadership in the public sector in the 21st century – some learnings from the 2016 Census experience, 13 September 2017

2016 Census - Data Release Media Conference, 27 June 2017

2016

Census 2016: Lessons Learned – Improving Cyber Security, Culture and Practice, Canberra, 13 December 2016

Big Data’, Official Statistics and National Statistics Offices, Canberra, 6 December 2016

The Transformation of Official Statistics: Creating longitudinal insights from existing data sources, Canberra, 27 October 2016

Senate Inquiry Opening Statement, Canberra, 25 October 2016 

Senate Estimates Opening Statement, Canberra, 19 October 2016

Presentation: ABS Delivering Public Value, Canberra, 18 May 2016

Think Outcomes Conference Presentation: Using Data to Measure Outcomes and Inform, Melbourne, 12 April 2016

2015

International Conference on Welfare Reform, ANU, 17 September 2015 

Panellist UQ Big (Data for Change) Forum, Parliament House, Canberra, 16 September 2015 

Keynote Address to the Australian Business Economists, Sydney, 9 September 2015 

CEDA 2015 Queensland Economic Development Forum, 6 August 2015 

Key note address to the 2015 Australian Conference of Economists, Brisbane, 10 July 2015

Key note address to the 8th International Conference on Population Geographies, 1 July 2015