Warwick Smith

Expertise: Economics, ecology, public policy

Warwick Smith is an economist, ecologist, writer and policy analyst. He has worked across many areas of economic research including labour, environmental, gender, development and taxation economics.

Warwick is also an honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne’s School of Social and Political Sciences and co-founder and economist at the Castlemaine Institute. He has previously worked at Per Capita Australia, the University of Melbourne and for state and territory governments.

Warwick lives with his family in Castlemaine in central Victoria and has a strong interest in regional development and industry policy.

Publications

Avoidable Costs is a report from the Centre for Policy Development that illustrates the substantial
Budgeting for Natural Disasters is a briefing paper from the Centre for Policy Development that
A national conversation on Measuring What Matters in Australia explores the merits of providing a
The Fifth Wellbeing Government Roundtable brought together senior government officials from multiple departments across six
Part 10 of the Wellbeing Economy in Brief series explores the pervasiveness of GDP as

In the media

By spending on prevention and early intervention governments can achieve better outcomes and better value for public money, says the Centre for Policy Development.
The Measuring What Matters dashboard, giving government insights into areas such as community connection, has now been released into public service wilderness.
Reports in The Australian suggesting Treasurer Jim Chalmers has shelved his budget wellbeing framework, known as Measuring What Matters, are incorrect.
One thing you probably won't be hearing about on Budget night is the idea of 'wellbeing', that's despite the Government unveiling its 'Measuring What Matters Framework' in July last year with the intention to use data on Australia's wellbeing to
Treasurer Jim Chalmers released the government’s new national wellbeing framework on Friday. The Measuring What Matters framework includes 50 indicators to improve the way bureaucrats monitor how the nation is tracking against social and economic outcomes.
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