Official opening and plenary session

Official opening

W1 The new era for housing

Chair
	Mr David Adams, Resident, Collingwood Housing Estate, VIC
Presentations
	Dr Jeff Harmer, Secretary, Department for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
	Mr Ric Battellino, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia, NSW
	Dr Rebecca Huntley, Director, Ipsos Mackay Research and author of The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation, NSW
	Professor Peter W Newton, Co-Director, Sustainable Cities Program, Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, VIC
Wrap up
	Dr Ian Winter, Executive Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, VIC
Session objective
	This opening plenary session examined the inter-connected economic, social and environmental challenges and opportunities confronting housing policy makers and practitioners in this new era, and an overview of how the Federal Government in partnership with industry and community sectors can respond.

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