From Monopoly to Lego: Building a more competitive economy from the ground up
In his 2023 launch of Let's Talk About Corporations (a series of boardroom conversations organised by the Sydney Law School and the University of Queensland Law School), the former Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Professor Rod Sims AO called for a revitalisation and reform of competition law and policy in Australia.
Join us for the inaugural Let's Talk About Corporations event of 2025 with a talk by The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister for Charities, Treasury and Competition, Assistant Minister for Employment discussing the recent policy focus on fostering competition across industries.
Presenter
Andrew Leigh is the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, Treasury and Employment, and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT. Prior to being elected in 2010, Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National University. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard, having graduated from the University of Sydney with first class honours in Arts and Law. Andrew is a past recipient of the Economic Society of Australia's Young Economist Award and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
Competition law roundtable
The Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial Law and Thomson Reuters (publisher of Corones' Competition Law in Australia) will host a competition law roundtable following the talk by The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh.
The roundtable "The promise and perils of codifying competition policy" will be introduced by The Hon Justice Michael Wigney from the Federal Court of Australia. It will include:
- Liza Carver, Commissioner, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Ruth Higgins SC, Banco Chambers, President NSW Bar Association
- Prudence Smith, Partner, Jones Day
- Yane Svetiev, University of Sydney Law School (author of the 8th edition of Corones' Competition Law in Australia as moderator)
Event details
Date: Wednesday 19 March 2025
Lecture: 5-6.45pm
Roundtable discussion: 6.45-7.15pm, followed by refreshements
Venue: Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney, Camperdown campus