Australia-New Zealand Leadership Forum

I will attend the second meeting of the Australia-New Zealand Leadership Forum to be held in Melbourne on 29-30 April.

Held under Chatham House rules, the Leadership Forum brings together government, business and academic leaders from both countries for free and frank discussions on key issues affecting Australia-New Zealand relations including economic, defence, political and social ties.

The Chairman of Qantas Margaret Jackson and the Chairman of the Bank of New Zealand Kerry McDonald will again co-chair the meeting following the successful inaugural meeting held in Wellington in May last year. They will be joined by more than 40 prominent Australian delegates and a similar number of New Zealanders (complete list below). The Australian delegates will include Treasurer Peter Costello who will present a paper on the Single Economic Market initiative.

Last year's Leadership Forum called for deeper integration of the Australian and New Zealand economies. This year, delegates will focus on Single Economic Market

issues, the Asia-Pacific free trade agenda and the regional roles and objectives of China, Japan and the United States.

I wish to thank the Governor of Victoria, HE John Landy, and the Victorian Government for contributing generously to the Forum, to be held at Government House in Melbourne, and the sponsors of Australia's participation including Qantas, the ANZ Bank and Telstra for their valuable assistance to the Leadership Forum.

Australia-New Zealand Leadership Forum

Melbourne 29-30 April 2005

Australian Participants

Ms Margaret Jackson, AC	Chairman, Qantas
Mr Geoff Askew	Head of Group Security, Qantas
Mr Ian Buchanan	Chairman, BoozAllenHamilton
Ms Sharan Burrow	President, ACTU
Mr Rowan Callick	Asia Pacific Editor, AFR
Mr Les Cassar, AM	Chairman, Tourism and Transport Forum
Mr Phil Clark	Managing Partner, Minter Ellison
Professor Adriene Clarke, AC	Melbourne University
Ms Berna Collier	Commissioner, ASIC
Hon Peter Costello MP	Treasurer
Mr Bob Cotton	Former Australian High Commissioner to NZ
Mr John Daley	Executive Director, AIGN
Mr Tony D'Aloisio	Managing Director and CEO, ASX
Hon Alexander Downer MP	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dr Bob Edgar	Chief Operating Officer, ANZ Banking Group
Professor Allan Fels, AO	Dean, ANZ School of Government
Mr Joe Gersh	Managing Director, Gersh Investment Properties
Mr Gary Gray	Principal Strategic Adviser Woodside Petroleum
Ms Jenny Goddard	Deputy Secretary, PM&C
Mr Tony Harrington	Chief Executive, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr John Hartigan	Chief Executive, News Limited
HE Dr Allan Hawke	Australian High Commissioner to NZ
Mr David Hoare	Chairman, Principal Global Investors
Professor Andrea Hull, AO	Director, Victorian College of the Arts
Mr Doug Jukes	National Chairman, KPMG
Mr Ed Killesteyn	Deputy Secretary, DIMIA
Ms Katie Lahey	Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia
HE John Landy, AC, MBE	Governor of Victoria
Mr Michael L'Estrange	Secretary, Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Mr Paul Kelly	The Australian
Mr Rod McGeoch, AM	Director, Telecom New Zealand
Mr Jim Murphy	Executive Director, Markets Group, Treasury
Ms Christine Nixon, APM	Chief Commissioner of Police, Victoria
Ms Heather Ridout	Chief Executive, Australian Industry Group
Hon Kevin Rudd	Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister
Mr Graeme Samuel, AO	Chairman, ACCC
Ms Ann Sherry, AO	CEO, Westpac Bank New Zealand
Hon Jim Short	Executive Director, Australian China Business Council
Mr Ric Smith, AO	Secretary, Department of Defence
Mr James Strong	Chairman, Insurance Australia Group Ltd
Mr David Thodey	Group Managing Director of Telstra Business & Government
Mr Geoff Walsh	Managing Director, Gavin Anderson & Co
Mr Nick Warner	Deputy Secretary, DFAT
Professor Hugh White	Head, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU

New Zealand Participants

Mr Kerry McDonald	Chairman Bank of New Zealand
Hon Jim Anderton	Minister for Economic Development
Mr Michael Barnett	Chief Executive Auckland Chamber of Commerce
Dr Seddon Bennington	Chief Executive Officer Te Papa
Dr Alan Bollard	Governor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Dr Don Brash	Leader of the Opposition
Mr James Buwalda	Secretary of Labour
Mr Nick Calavrias	Chief Executive Officer Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd
Mr Geoff Dangerfield	Chief Executive Ministry of Economic Development
Dr Roderick Deane	Chairman, Telecom New Zealand Ltd
Ms Jane Diplock, AO	Chairman Securities Commission
Mr Martyn Dunne	Comptroller of Customs NZ Customs Service
Ms Theresa Gattung	Chief Executive Telecom New Zealand Limited
Mr Greg Gent	Director, Fonterra Board of Directors
Hon. Phil Goff	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Professor Peter Hempenstall	Professor & Head - Department of History
Mr Don Huse	Chief Executive Officer, Auckland International Airport
Mr Colin James	Political Journalist & Analyst
Mr Peter Kennedy	Director, MFAT
Professor Judith Kinnear	Vice Chancellor Massey University
HE Ms Kate Lackey	New Zealand High Commissioner
Mr Brent Layton	Director NZIER
Hon. Jim McLay	Executive Chairman Macquarie New Zealand Ltd
Mr Robert Mcleod	Chairman, Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd
Ms Jenny Morrel	Executive Director No 8 Ventures
Mr Simon Murdoch	Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Ms Fran O'Sullivan	Assistant Editor New Zealand Herald
Mr John Palmer	Chairman Air New Zealand Ltd
Ms Joanna Perry	Audit Partner KPMG
Mr Dennis Pickup	Managing Director Tourism Holdings Ltd
Ms Paula Rebstock	Chairman Commerce Commission
Mr Lou Sanson	Chief Executive of Antartica New Zealand
Mr John Shewan	Chairman PricewaterhouseCoopers
Hon Dr Lockwood Smith	Shadow Foreign Minister
Mr Peter Springford	CEO, Carter Holt Harvey
Mr Ralph Waters	Chief Executive Officer Fletcher Building Ltd
Dr Mark Weldon	Chief Executive NZX
Mr John Whitehead	Secretary The Treasury
Mr Ross Wilson	President, NZ Council of Trade Unions
Professor Zhang Yongjin	Head of the School of Asian Studies, University of Auckland

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