Providing economic analysis and insights
Wayne Calder (a/g)
Chief Economist
Wayne Calder leads the Office of the Chief Economist. The office provides objective, robust and high-quality analysis and insights to inform industry, innovation, resources and energy policy development.
Economic analysis and research reports
Informing policy development
We use data to inform and evaluate policies in our department and across government.
Previous work
Jul 2020
Office of the Chief Economist
Office of the Chief Economist staff research papers
The research papers produced by the Office of the Chief Economist deal with topical issues of interest relevant to the department.
Jun 2018
Office of the Chief Economist
Australian Government data integration and analysis project
The most effective government policies, programs and services are informed by accurate, high quality data.