ANU PPE Society

PPESOC’s trivia night is coming and we want YOU there! 🫵
Our questions will be all things P, P, & E, so grab your friends, rack your brains and join us at Badger this coming Tuesday evening for the chance to win a Messina voucher!!

Make sure to grab ur tickets from the link in our bio, we can’t wait to see you!!

🎓 Attention all penultimate and final year students! Are you interested in a career in Economics? Applications are open for Deloitte Access Economics’ Vacationer and Graduate programs! Applications close Tuesday 7th April 2024.

Deloitte Access Economics is Australia’s pre-eminent leader in economic consulting. Deloitte Access Economics offers a full suite of macroeconomic and microeconomic services, including economic and financial forecasting and modelling, policy and program evaluation, and regulatory economics to clients in both the public and private sector. We share practical policy, industry, and evidence-based insights to help businesses and governments tackle the most complex economic, financial, and social challenges.

👉 If you are studying or interested in economics and policy, we want to hear from you! Apply now at: https://deloi.tt/4kQZ6ns

Do you want to get more involved with your degree? We have the perfect opportunity for you! ANU PPE Society is looking for General Representatives, Treasurer, and Media & Publicity Director. This is ideal for those who are interested in politics, philosophy, or economics and want to help contribute to building our community.

📝 Apply: https://forms.gle/Ef4bL5TZiCA11H679 (link also in the bio)

🗓️ Applications close: 27 Feb 2026 (reviewed on a rolling basis)
📩 Enquiries? [email protected]
📬 Shortlisted applicants might be interviewed; outcomes will be sent to your ANU email.

The ANU PPESOC would like to formally congratulate the incoming executive team for 2026!

We look forward to the change this will bring for next year.

Congratulations to:
President: Lisa Chen
Vice Presidents: Jenchi Lyu and Salina Kayani
Treasurer: Ali Ramezani
Secretary: Joshua McGuiness
Education Director: Nevan Serasundera
Social Director: Afraah Shafi

We want to say a massive thank you to our outgoing 2025 executive team for their incredible work over the year!

What does the future of PPE education look like? 🤔
Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion and Q&A with leading academics from Politics, Philosophy, and Economics as they share their insights on where PPE is headed.
📅 Wed 8 Oct
🕔 5–7 PM (Pizza & networking after 🍕)
📍 SRES Lecture Theatre (Bld 48A)
🎟️ Free for all — register via QR code or Rubric link in the bio!

✨ Ready to get involved? Join us for ANUPPE Society’s Annual General Meeting on 13 Oct, 6 PM @ Sharetea ANU! Learn about what we do, meet the current team, and see how you can be part of next year’s committee 💼🧋

🦡 Trivia Night 🦡
This Friday • 6:30 PM
3 Rounds • 10 Questions Each • Prizes & Bragging Rights 🎉
📍 Badger | 🎟️ Tickets in bio

Australian Institute’s Revenue Summit

This year we’re bringing together economists, politicians and policy experts to discuss revenue options to meet Australia’s spending needs. The Summit is an opportunity to contextualise debt, explore potential new means of revenue, challenge paradigms and reassess public spending priorities.


Speakers include Steven Miles, the former Premier and current opposition leader of Queensland, Senator David Pocock, housing advocate Jordan van den Lamb (aka Purple Pingers), and Australia Institute Chief Political Analyst Amy Remeikis.

To give students a chance to hear from prominent economists, politicians, and experts on the future of Australia’s revenue we’re offering 50% off on student tickets using this link: https://events.humanitix.com/revenue-summit-2025?accesscode=REVSTU


First round tickets are currently available for $50.00 (full price $109), but once those are sold out second release is $64.50 (full price $129), so get in quick if you want the lower price.

Revenue Summit 2025 Revenue Summit 2025. 9:00am 29 October 2025, Parliament House. Tickets strictly limited, book now!

Andrew Leigh is the Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT. Before being elected in 2010, Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National University. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard, having graduated from the University of Sydney with first-class honours in Arts and Law. Andrew is a past recipient of the Economic Society of Australia's Young Economist Award and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.

His books include Disconnected (2010), Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia (2013), The Economics of Just About Everything (2014), The Luck of Politics (2015), Choosing Openness: Why Global Engagement is Best for Australia (2017), Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World (2018), Innovation + Equality: How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator (with Joshua Gans) (2019), Reconnected: A Community Builder's Handbook (with Nick Terrell) (2020), What's the Worst That Could Happen? Existential Risk and Extreme Politics (2021), Fair Game: Lessons From Sport for a Fairer Society and a Stronger Economy (2022) and The Shortest History of Economics (2024).

It's on https://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/events/ppe-special-lecture-andrew-leigh-mp-and-zero-sum-thinking-policymaking

Home stretch now!! Here are the last events we are running. We hope to see you there🕺🕺 (there are some chances to talk to the exec and see if being apart of our committee is the move for you next year! we highly recommend it 😝)