Scott Ryan is truly mesmerising in this series as Ray Shoesmith. MrInbetween is addictive and so quintessential Australian. Best series I’ve watched. Lockdown people - this will make you feel better.

Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) have a new opportunity for a Senior Economist. The successful candidate will generate market information and insights to facilitate connections through our extensive global network. ow.ly/VN3D50FywuV

Our BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update - June 2021 is out now. This month we look at the strength of the labour market in June with a note of caution about how quickly that's likely to unravel with the current lockdowns in NSW, VIC and SA. READ: bit.ly/MLMUJun21

Congratulations Alison Booth on the launch of your latest book “The Painting” Fabulous teaser conversation about the books origins, historical setting & protagonist with Frank Bongiorno Can’t wait to read it!! 👏👏👏

Be a census hero and help spread the word: #Census2021au is accessible to all. Everyone counts. abs.gov.au/media-centre/m… #auspol

Looking forward to life post lockdown? The Call for Papers is open for the in-person and virtual 5th Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW) in Canberra in Feb 2022: eventcreate.com/e/agew2022

1/3 We're excited to announce the BankwestCurtinEC and @WGEAgency Gender Equity Insights research series is a finalist in Engagement Australia's Excellence Awards 2021 for Outstanding Engagement for Research Impact! 🥳 More: bit.ly/3FQbjnG #GenderEquality

🚨New paper!🚨 "The unintended consequences of increasing returns to scale in geographical economics", Journal of Economic Geography. doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lb… Spatial economists have been making an unintentional mistake for decades in spatial models of endogenous growth A thread

Reminder! Submissions to the Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2022 are currently open and will close on 31 October 2021. @PlanasRodriguez Kristen Sobeck Arezou Zaresani

We're facing a loneliness pandemic in Australia. Hear from @alan_s_dunc and Astghik Mavisakalyan as they unpack the findings from our new report, Stronger Together: Loneliness and social connectedness in Australia. Full report: bit.ly/BCECStrongerTo… #ConnectedBCEC

Accepted at Journal of Labor Economics! Our paper 'Specialization, Comparative Advantage and the Sexual Division of Labor' concludes that comparative advantage (CA) has little or no role in the sexual division of labor #Econtwitter Society of Labor Economists journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/71… 🧵1/10

Two new job opportunities Australian Treasury are now open - Director and Senior Advisor of the Industry Trade Policy Unit Working together they will lead a high-performing team advising on a wide range of policy questions related to trade, energy and industry. tinyurl.com/374a8y4b

The first release of 2021 Census data is now available. Find out what 2021 Census data reveals about where we live, our ancestry and what languages we speak at abs.gov.au/census #2021CensusDataAU

.Australian Treasury is establishing new Climate and Industry Modelling capability bringing together people w/ complimentary skill sets spanning expertise in climate change, industry and trade, macro- & micro-economists, modellers & managers. Apply by 28 August: careers.tspace.gov.au/cw/en/listing/

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I think economics could do with a better term than ‘rent seeking’, which is very confusing to non economists who are unfamiliar with the eccentric sense of ‘rent’ being used. What better term could we use?

Ann was a remarkable person. She established one of the most influential research centres in Australia (at a very young age) - she also created a space that championed female leadership, inclusivity and collegiality. She believed in people. 💜💜💜