Danielle Wood

Yeah, look, I often describe it as a government think tank because I think that sort of helps people understand

conceptualise what we do.

I mean, another way to think about it is, you know, government has an independent central bank to set monetary policy.

They have a treasury which advises them on fiscal policy.

We're a growth institution, so having an independent body to advise on things that go to growing the pie and growing the broader economy.

Although we do cover

broader grounds than just kind of traditional economic policy.

We also go to social and environmental policy.

So we provide high quality evidence-backed advice to government.

It is up to government whether they pick up that advice and recommendations or not.

But it's the idea is that having us there helps inform better policy and policy in the long-term interests of Australians.

Look, I mean, it evolved through several iterations after the Tariff Board.

So it went through being the Industry Assistance Commission, the Industry Commission.

And I think, you know, during that switch, which was really a time where there was a lot greater awareness around the costs of industry protection.

And we're still obviously quite active in trade policy and industry policy.

And those debates are very much ongoing.

live right now.

So I think you probably can trace through some of those historical origins to the nature of the work that we do today.

Yeah, that's exactly right.

So it's sort of been a step down with each decade.