Warwick Smith

  • Wellbeing Economy Research Director
Expertise: Economics, ecology, public policy
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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.

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A national conversation on Measuring What Matters in Australia

A national conversation on Measuring What Matters in Australia explores the merits of providing a

Fifth Wellbeing Government Roundtable

The Fifth Wellbeing Government Roundtable brought together senior government officials from multiple departments across six

The Wellbeing Economy in Brief #10: How GDP is used

Part 10 of the Wellbeing Economy in Brief series explores the pervasiveness of GDP as

The Wellbeing Economy in Brief #9: How the wellbeing economy concept resonates with Australians

Part 9 of the Wellbeing Economy in Brief series looks at how the wellbeing economy

The Wellbeing Economy in Brief #8: Wellbeing economy as a ‘picnic blanket’ for economic system change thinking

Part 8 of the Wellbeing Economy in Brief series contextualises the wellbeing economy among a

The Wellbeing Economy in Brief #7: Getting the component parts in order

Part 7 of the Wellbeing Economy in Brief series proposes a clear sequence for embedding

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Australia inching toward a fully-fledged ‘measuring what matters’ approach with live dashboard

The Measuring What Matters dashboard, giving government insights into areas such as community connection, has now been released into public service wilderness.
  • The Mandarin
  • 23 August 2024
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Despite what you’ve read, Jim Chalmers’ wellbeing framework hasn’t been shelved – if anything, it’s been strengthened

Reports in The Australian suggesting Treasurer Jim Chalmers has shelved his budget wellbeing framework, known as Measuring What Matters, are incorrect.
  • The Conversation
  • 23 July 2024
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Government’s wellbeing framework likely to be absent in Federal Budget

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
  • ABC RN Drive
  • 14 May 2024
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Chalmers’ wellbeing indicators could help deliver on APS reform ambitions

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.
  • The Mandarin
  • 25 July 2023
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Today’s Measuring What Matters statement is just a first step; now we have to turn goals into action – Warwick Smith

Today’s release of the Commonwealth Treasury’s Measuring What Matters statement is an important step towards better government decision-making and a shared vision for the Australia we want, but it’s only the first step.
  • The Mandarin
  • 21 July 2023

‘Wellbeing Budget’ Slammed For Out-Of-Date Data

Australia's first-ever 'wellbeing budget' was released today, showing we are living longer than ever, but the report is copping criticism as the data is a few years old. So, what's even the point of it?
  • The Project
  • 21 July 2023

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