Name:  Ken Henry

Bio: Secretary to the Treasury since April 2001, Minister (Economic and Financial Affairs) in the Australian Delegation to the OECD from July 1992-January 1994

The Task of Economic Policy – 20th June 2005

The Task of Economic Policy

This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.17 No.3-4 in 2005 (pages 49-63)

Dr Ken Henry has been secretary to the Treasury since April 2001. After early years as an academic, Ken Henry joined the Treasury in 1984 when he accepted a position in Treasury’s Taxation Policy Division. From September 1986 until June 1991, he worked as senior adviser to the federal Treasurer. In July 1992 he took up the position of Minister (Economic and Financial Affairs) in the Australian Delegation to the OECD, returning to the Treasury in January 1994. Dr Ken Henry addressed The Sydney Institute on Monday 20 June 2005.