Australia and the Global Economy in 2024

Recorded on Thursday, 6 June 2024 

Webinar overview

In June 2024, teachers and students of economics were invited to join textbook authors and economists Tim Dixon and John O’Mahony, as they provided an overview of key developments in the Australian and global Economies, and their relevance for NSW Year 12 Economics in 2024.

Now available to watch on-demand, the webinar can help students learn about how economies work through current practical examples and the latest statistics distilled into a format suitable for application in NSW Year 12 Economics.

The webinar includes live question and answer time and covers key economic updates relating to:

  • rising nationalism and its impact on trade and globalisation
  • economic development in the post-COVID-19 era
  • Australia’s economic outlook
  • the causes of lingering inflationary pressures
  • the 2025 Federal Budget
  • monetary policy settings
  • the impacts of A Future Made in Australia on Australian industry

Webinar Recording: Australia and the Global Economy in 2024

Join textbook authors and economists Tim Dixon and John O’Mahony, as they provide an overview of key developments in the Australian and global Economies, and their relevance for NSW Year 12 Economics in 2024.

Meet the presenters

Professional photograph of Tim Dixon  

Tim Dixon has been an economic adviser and chief speechwriter for two Australian prime ministers. He is the co-founder of More in Common, an organisation with teams across Europe and the US who work to bridge social divisions and strengthen democracy. For the past decade he has been based in London and New York, creating start-ups to address social and economic crises. After coming first in the state in his HSC exams and completing Economics and Law degrees, Tim founded an educational publishing business and worked as a technology lawyer at Baker & McKenzie.
     
Professional photograph of John O'Mahony  

John O’Mahony is a partner at Deloitte Access Economics in Sydney, where he specialises in trends in the digital economy. John’s econometric research has been published in the Economic Record and the Australian Economic Review, and in 2018 he received two Cannes Lions awards. He has worked at the Australian Financial Review, in the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Economics and Business and served as a Senior Economic Adviser for two prime ministers of Australia. John was awarded the University of Sydney Medal for the First Class Honours degree in Commerce (Liberal Studies).

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