Andrew Leigh MP: Speeches & Conversations

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Andrew Leigh MP: Speeches & Conversations episodes

October 13, 2025 Strong Communities, Strong Nation: What the Regions Teach Us
On 8 October 2025, I spoke to the Regional Australia Institute National Summit at Parliament House.
Text here: https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2025/speeches/address-regional-australia-institute-national-summit
15 min
October 08, 2025 Degrees of Growth: How Universities Help Drive Productivity
On 8 October 2025, I spoke at a Group of Eight dialogue on “Leveraging Research and Innovation to Turbocharge Productivity”.
The text is available here: https://www.andrewleigh.com/speech_degrees_of_growth_how_universities_help_drive_productivity_8_october_2025
15 min
September 26, 2025 The Politics of Abundance and the Perils of Zero-Sum Thinking
On 24 September 2025, I spoke at the Australian National University on new research about the dangers of zero-sum thinking.
The speech transcript is here: https://www.andrewleigh.com/speech_the_politics_of_abundance_and_the_perils_of_zero_sum_thinking_24_september_2025
28 min
September 25, 2025 Startups for Growth
Description: On 17 September 2025, I spoke to the Ecosystem Startup leaders lunch at UTS Startups, Sydney on the topic of “Startups for Growth”.
A transcript is available here:https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2025/speeches/address-ecosystem-startup-leaders-lunch-uts-startups-sydney
12 min
September 17, 2025 The Great Unbinding: Non-Competes, Freedom and the Future of Competition
On 16 September 2025, I spoke at the Sydney Institute, discussing how scrapping non-compete clauses for most workers is good for freedom and fairness.
Read the full speech: https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2025/speeches/address-sydney-institute
25 min
September 04, 2025 Fair Work in the Age of AI
On 3 September 2025, I spoke on “Fair Work in the Age of AI” at the ACTU’s Seizing the Opportunities of AI While Protecting the Fair Go Symposium in Canberra.
The transcript is available here:https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2025/speeches/address-seizing-opportunities-ai-while-protecting-fair-go
10 min
August 11, 2025 Open Trade: Australia’s Strength
On 8 August 2025, I spoke at the Asialink Leaders Summit in Canberra on the value of free trade to Australia, and the case against tariffs.
Transcript: https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2025/speeches/address-asialink-leaders-summit-canberra
18 min
August 07, 2025 Launching “Heads and Tales”, a history of coins
On 6 August 2025, I launched Granville Allen Mawer’s delightful book “Heads and Tales” at the Royal Australian Mint. The text of the speech is available at: https://www.andrewleigh.com/speech_the_heads_we_know_the_tales_we_didnt
9 min
July 29, 2025 Government as a Learning Machine: Using Randomised Trials to Improve Productivity
On 29 July 2025, I spoke at the AFR Government Services Summit on the topic “Government as a Learning Machine: Using Randomised Trials to Improve Productivity”.
The speech transcript is available at: https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2025/speeches/address-afr-government-services-summit-canberra
23 min
July 24, 2025 The Shortest Histories of Everything: Andrew Ford and Andrew Leigh in conversation
Recorded live at the Sydney Writers’ Festival on 23 May 2025, I sat down with composer and writer Andrew Ford to discuss our latest books — The Shortest History of Music (Ford) and The Shortest History of Economics (Leigh).
We explored how to distil complex subjects without losing their essence and why brevity can still hold truth.
52 min

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This podcast features speeches and conversations with Andrew Leigh, the federal member for Fenner in the Australian Parliament. Andrew is an economist, author and triathlete. His website is…