CCI Federal Budget Breakfast

CCI Federal Budget Breakfast featuring The Hon Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, Leader of the Government in the Senate. 

Join us for breakfast to hear from the Hon. Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, Leader of the Government in the Senate, who will detail the recently released 2018-19 Federal Budget, highlighting the key elements and what it will mean for WA's business community and economy. 

The 2018-19 Federal Budget will be handed down by the Treasurer on Tuesday 8 May 2018.

Detailing the economic and fiscal outlook for Australia, the Budget outlines the Government's direction for the financial year as well as the following three years and provides a blueprint for the plans that underpin their policy priorities, which in 2017 included diversifying the economy, creating more opportunities for Australians and businesses, investing in infrastructure projects, and boosting employment.

About the presenters:

Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann has been the Minister for Finance since 18 September 2013.
Mathias was appointed Leader of the Government in the Senate on 20 December 2017, having previously served as the Deputy Leader since 20 September 2015. He has also served as Special Minister of State on a number of occasions and again since 20 December 2017. 
Mathias has represented the State of Western Australia in the Senate since June 2007. In Opposition, he held the positions of Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Administration (2008-09), Shadow Minister for Employment Participation, Apprenticeships and Training (2009-10) and Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation (2010-13).
He also chaired the Senate Select Committees on Fuel and Energy (2008-10) and the Scrutiny of New Taxes (2010-11).
Mathias was born in Belgium and decided to migrate to Australia permanently after first visiting Perth in 1994, attracted by the great lifestyle and opportunities on offer in Western Australia.
Before migrating to Perth, Mathias had graduated in law at the Flemish university of Louvain (Leuven).
He has worked as a Ministerial Chief of Staff to WA State government Ministers, as Senior Adviser to then Western Australian Premier Richard Court and as an Adviser to then Justice and Customs Minister Chris Ellison.
Between 2003 and 2007 Mathias worked for major Western Australian health insurer HBF in a range of senior management roles, including as General Manager HealthGuard and as General Manager of HBF Health Insurance.
In 2001, realising a childhood dream, Mathias obtained his Private Pilots Licence through the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia.
Having joined the Liberal party in Western Australia in 1996, Mathias was elected Senior Vice President of the Perth Division in 2000, State Vice President in 2003 and State Senior Vice President in 2004, a responsibility he fulfilled until March 2008.
Mathias is married to Hayley, a lawyer with the Perth office of Clayton Utz and they have two daughters Isabelle and Charlotte.

Chris Rodwell assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Western Australia (CCIWA) in February 2018, following an extended period developing Australia’s international trade and investment footprint.
His work in international business spans Australasia, North America, Latin America and Europe. In addition, Chris has advanced major reforms in Australia in areas such as education & training, innovation, and public asset divestment.
Earlier in his career, Chris worked in public relations consultancy, both in Australia and Europe, where he consulted to companies in a range of sectors including financial services, technology, telecommunications, infrastructure, property development and life sciences.
Chris began his career in Canberra where he worked as a policy advisor with the Australian Industry Group in Canberra on defence, small business and trade issues. This followed the completion of a graduate program with the Department of Defence.
Chris studies social entrepreneurship with the University of New South Wales through the Centre for Social Impact. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Communication) degree from Charles Sturt University and graduated with the prize for Political Science. He has also completed the Australian Company Directors’ Course. He is married to Katie and together they raise four children, Max, Harri, Oscar and Lucinda.

Rick Newnham joined the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA (CCI) as the Chief Economist in January 2017. Prior to joining CCI Rick worked as an Economist for Shell around the world, including postings in Australia (Brisbane and Perth), the UK (Aberdeen) and the Middle East (Dubai).
Rick is a Trustee and State Advisory Council member of the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA), is recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Global Shaper and is an Ambassador for Australia Day. In 2011 Rick was awarded Young Western Australian of the Year for establishing the Left Right Think-Tank, Australia’s first non-partisan think-tank of young minds.
Rick is passionate about innovation and policy that will advance Western Australia’s position in the global economy. Through the economic policy, start-up and trade communities, Rick stays connected to the economies of Europe, the Middle East and Asia, where his experience and interests most overlap.
Rick completed his undergraduate business studies at The University of Western Australia and post-graduate studies at Oxford University. His thesis at Oxford evaluated the economics of Uber and Airbnb’s government relations strategies worldwide for which he won the Saïd Business School prize. Rick is the youngest person to have completed executive education at the Oxford Business School.
As an economist who isn’t shy to get his hands dirty, Rick has worked offshore on oil rigs in the UK North Sea, in the field in the Middle East and on drilling sites in regional Australia.

Event Details:

Date: Monday, 14 May 2018

Time: 7.15am - 9.00am

Venue: Grand Ballroom, Hyatt Regency, 99 Adelaide Terrace Perth WA 6000

RSVP: Cancellations received after 7 May 2018 will not be entitled to a refund.

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