In-person event

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 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.

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Wednesday 19 March 2025

Time: 5-6.30pm

Venue: Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney, Camperdown campus

CPD Points: 1.5

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The Let’s Talk About Corporations series is a joint project of Sydney Law School and UQ Law School.