Changing Asia: the challenges for Australia

Hosted by: AIIA NSW in Sydney

The event will start on: Tuesday, 18 October 2011 6:00 PM

And will end on: Tuesday, 18 October 2011 7:30 PM

At The Glover Cottages, Sydney

124 Kent Street , Sydney NSW

    nsw.branch@aiia.asn.au

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The Prime Minister has commissioned a white paper from Ken Henry on the changes in Asia and their impact on Australia.

But some of the work has already been done. The ANZ Bank commissioned a detailed study from Sydney firm Port Jackson Associates, which shows that what we are seeing unfold in the resources and agriculture sector is not a routine commodities boom that might fizzle out, but the upshot of a more fundamental structural shift in the global economy as growth shifts to Asia.

This led ANZ chief executive, Mike Smith, to ask,  in a recent editorial in The Australian, if we really understood the magnitude and duration of what we face so we can see the opportunities as well as the risks?

But do our political leaders have the vision to take advantage of this shift, which will run for decades?  Is Australia’s thinking too short-term?  Are we investing enough in our agriculture, and in research and development, and infrastructure to ensure that present wealth does not ebb away?

The ANZ Bank report,  Earth, Fire, Wind and Water, presents a direct challenge to Canberra politicians and Australia’s business leaders, academics  and trades unions.

Come and meet the author of the report on Tuesday August 18 at the Glover Cottages in Sydney, hear the arguments, and make up your mind.

Angus Taylor is a director of Port Jackson Associates, joining the Sydney firm from McKinsey and Associates, where he was a partner. He sits on the Council and is the chairman of the business committee of St Andrew's College at the University of Sydney.

Angus has extensive experience working with senior executives and boards to shape their strategic agenda, and to implement that agenda. He works across a range of sectors, including resources, industrials, service companies, agriculture and the public sector