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In 1993 the release of the report of the National Competition Policy Review Committee (known as the Hilmer Report) generated important reforms in terms of trade practices and competition policy in Australia. The 21st anniversary of the Hilmer Report provides a timely reminder and opportunity for a stocktake of what led to the microeconomic reforms of the 1990s, and what competition and deregulation reforms Australia may need looking forward.

This public event brings together Peter Harris of the Productivity Commission, Dr Ken Henry of the ANU, Professor Fred Hilmer of the UNSW, and Rod Sims of the ACCC, among others, to speak to the challenges and choices facing Australia in terms of competition policy and deregulation.

Peter Harris AO has previously served as Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, and the Victorian Government agencies responsible for Sustainability and the Environment; Primary Industries; and Public Transport.

Dr Ken Henry AC served as Secretary of the Department of Treasury from 2001 to 2011 and chaired the Australian Future Tax System Review (known as the Henry Tax Review) published in 2010. He is currently a Director of the National Australia Bank and the Australian Securities Exchange.

Professor Fred Hilmer AO was Chief Executive Officer, John Fairfax Holdings Limited from 1998 to 2005. Before joining Fairfax he was Dean and Director of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) in UNSW and a Director of Port Jackson Partners Limited.

Rod Sims was the Chairman of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales, Commissioner on the National Competition Council, Chairman of InfraCo Asia, Director of Ingeus Limited, and member of the Research and Policy Council of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.