On Thursday 16 and Friday 17 September 2004, the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) and the Centre of Policy Studies held a
Regional CGE Modelling Workshop.
Workshop Program Day 1: Thursday 16 September
Coffee and registration
Welcome - Rob Brooker (Victorian Treasury)
Session 1 Chair: Rob Brooker
What makes a good project? - a CGE analysis
Bruce Layman (WA Treasury)
Paper and Slides
Session 2 Chair: David Johnson
Lessons from the USAGE model
Peter Dixon and Maureen Rimmer (Centre of Policy Studies)
Paper and Slides
Expanding water trade in the southern Murray-Darling Basin
David Appels and Gavan Dwyer (Productivity Commission)
Paper and Slides
Session 3 Chair: John Madden
Labour market closures and impact of resource projects
Elspeth Wilson (WA Treasury)
Paper and Slides
Influence of travel decision parameters in a CGE model incorporating tourism
Matthew Clark, Siobhan Dent and Greg Watts (Qld OESR)
Paper and Slides
Session 4 Chair: Philip Adams
Economic effects of Melbourne airport
John Madden (Centre of Policy Studies)
Slides
Wrap-up of Day 1 - Philip Adams (Centre of Policy Studies)
Workshop dinner
Workshop Program Day 2: Friday 17 September
Session 5 Chair: Rob Brooker
Regional impact of banning live-sheep exports from WA
Nazrul Islam (Dept of Agriculture, WA)
Slides
Productivity and the Victorian Economy
Phillip Chindamo, Tim Smith and Daen Dorazio (Victorian Treasury)
Paper and Slides
ABARE's new regional model, AUSTATE
Alasebu Yainshet (ABARE)
Slides
Regulatory reform of the Queensland sugar industry: an economy-wide perspective
Greg Watts and Justine Townsend (Qld OESR)
Paper and Slides
Wrap-up of workshop - John Madden (Centre of Policy Studies)
List of participants
John Diller NSW Treasury
Qiang Ye Dept of Industry and Resources WA
Nazrul Islam Department of Agriculture Western Australia
Patrick Jomini Productivity Commission, Melbourne
Gavan Dwyer Productivity Commission, Melbourne
Peter Cribbett Productivity Commission, Melbourne
Dave Appels Productivity Commission, Melbourne
Bruce Layman Western Australian Department of Treasury and Finance
Elspeth Wilson Western Australian Department of Treasury and Finance
Alesebu Yainshet ABARE
Yeon Kim ABARE
Greg Watts Qld Treasury
Siobhan Dent Qld Treasury
Dan Terrill Acil Tasman
Joel Crane Acil Tasman
Matt Saunders Acil Tasman
John Madden Centre of Policy Studies
Philip Adams Centre of Policy Studies
Maureen Rimmer Centre of Policy Studies
Peter Dixon Centre of Policy Studies
Thiep Van Ho Centre of Policy Studies
Picton Centre of Policy Studies
Peter Forsyth Monash University
Chris Lock Tasmanian Treasury
Scott McNamara Tasmanian Treasury
Rob Brooker Department of Treasury and Finance Vic
Tim Smith Department of Treasury and Finance Vic
Daen Dorazio Department of Treasury and Finance Vic
David Johnson Department of Treasury and Finance Vic
Clive Brooks Department of Treasury and Finance Vic
Sharn Enzinger Department of Treasury and Finance Vic
Phillip Chindamo Department of Treasury and Finance Vic
Jeremy Nott Department of Treasury and Finance Vic
Mark Larry Dwyer University of NSW
Abdul Latif ACT Dept of Treasury
