Jon Stanhope, former Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Khalid Ahmed, former ACT Treasury Executive, will deliver a powerful address and conversation on the future of the ACT, reflecting on critical areas such as health, housing, and the state of the ACT economy.

JON STANHOPE is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assembly from 1998 until 2011.[1] He is the only ACT Chief Minister to have governed with a majority in the ACT Assembly.[2] From 2012 to 2014 Stanhope was Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, which consists of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.[3]

KHALID AHMED served in the ACT Public Service for 19 years, with around 10 years as Executive Director of the Policy Coordination and Development Division in Treasury. Over that period, he had been involved with the analysis of medium to long term fiscal policy issues, and development and implementation of major policy initiatives in the Territory. He had been involved with the preparation of the Territory’s budget in a senior capacity for over a decade. He has also led expenditure reviews and the review of the ACT’s taxation system including the development of the Taxation Reform Plan.

Khalid was on the Affordable Housing Taskforce established by the ACT Government, and had the oversight and responsibility for the implementation of a range of initiatives of the Government to improve housing affordability.

He now works in the private sector as an economic advisor and is involved in public policy and public sector reform.

There will be a Q&A session following the presentation, then light refreshments.

MCH members $15; Concession (Gov’t support and full-time students) $15; Non-members $20

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