David Hetherington
David Hetherington. co-founded the public policy think tank Per Capita where he serves as Executive Director.
- My published research spans education, health, disability, housing, climate change and tax.
- I’m a regular commentator on Radio National and ABC 24’s The Drum. I have a BA with first class honours from UNSW and a Masters in public policy with distinction from LSE.
- I’ve been a member of the Australian Labor Party for 12 years and am Secretary of the Erskineville Branch.[1]
David Hetherington is Executive Director of the Public Education Foundation and a Senior Fellow at Per Capita, where he was the founding Executive Director. He has previously worked at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London and at L.E.K. Consulting in Sydney, Munich and Auckland.
David has written over 100 major reports, book chapters and opinion pieces on Australian public policy. His writing has been published or cited in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, The Economist, The Guardian, Quartz, The Australian Financial Review, The New Daily and Australian Quarterly. He was the Chair of the People’s Inquiry into Privatisation and a Commissioner of the Inclusive Prosperity Commission.
David has a BA with First Class Honours from UNSW and an MPA with Distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science.[2]
2016 NSW Labor State Conference Fringe Events
- The 2016 NSW Labor State Conference Fringe Events Program was the biggest yet. Our Fringe Program saw events hosted by many different politicians, action networks and other domestic and international political figures. Over 800 Labor members, delegates and observers, participated in the Fringe Events Program.
- The Kurdish Question in 2016 Labor Friends of the Kurdish People, Gina Lennox, Roni Demirbag, Tara Fatehi, Rebecca Huntley, and David Hetherington gathered at conference to discuss the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS) which has forced intervention by Western states, including Australia, into new military engagement in the Middle East. [3]
- Open Labor Michael Cooney, Rebecca Huntley, and David Hetherington invited all members and supporters of Open Labor to join them to discuss the topic of “The ALP: its prospects in the future”. They ensured that participants had the opportunity to join others in a small group setting to discuss responses to
Rebecca’s information and provide feedback.[4]