Danielle Wood
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Danielle Wood
Budget Policy and Institutional Reform Program Director , Grattan Institute
President, Economic Society of Australia
Chair, Women in Economics Network
Current Positions
Budget Policy and Institutional Reform Program Director , Grattan Institute
President, Economic Society of Australia
Chair, Women in Economics Network
Previous Positions
Principal Economist, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Senior Consultant, NERA Economic Consulting
Senior Research Economist, Productivity Commission
Danielle has more than 15 years' experience as an economist working in government, consulting and the not-for-profit sector.
Danielle is the Budget Policy and Institutional Reform Program Director at the Grattan Institute where her research and advocacy efforts focus on economic policy, including tax and budgets and government integrity. She is a regular media commentator and presenter on policy issues.
Danielle previously worked as Principal Economist and Mergers Director at the ACCC, Senior Consultant at NERA Economic Consulting, and as a Senior Research Economist at the Productivity Commission.
Danielle has a Masters of Commerce (Economics) and a Masters in Competition Law from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Adelaide.
Danielle is the national President of the Economic Society of Australia and the Chair of the Women in Economics Network.
Danielle is the Budget Policy and Institutional Reform Program Director at the Grattan Institute where her research and advocacy efforts focus on economic policy, including tax and budgets and government integrity. She is a regular media commentator and presenter on policy issues.
Danielle previously worked as Principal Economist and Mergers Director at the ACCC, Senior Consultant at NERA Economic Consulting, and as a Senior Research Economist at the Productivity Commission.
Danielle has a Masters of Commerce (Economics) and a Masters in Competition Law from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Adelaide.
Danielle is the national President of the Economic Society of Australia and the Chair of the Women in Economics Network.
Areas of Expertise
Five things political donations tell us about how money is influencing Australian politics
ABC online
November 19, 2019
Slowing economic growth threatens budget surplus
ABC 7.30 Report
October 16, 2019
Donations, Disability, and Disillusionment
ABC Q&A
September 09, 2019
For the first time in a long time, we are setting up a generation to be worse off than the one before it
The Conversation
August 18, 2019
Self-interest did not t swing the election results, but the scare campaign did
The Guardian
May 23, 2019
Intergenerational special
ABC The Drum
May 13, 2019
Negative gearing changes will affect us all, mostly for the better
Sydney Morning Herald
April 09, 2019
This government is already on course back to deficit
AFR
April 05, 2019
Women in economics budget address
National Press Club
March 27, 2019
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