Webinar: Fuelling Business Volatility – Contracts under pressure

Title: Fuelling Business Volatility – Contracts under pressure

Date: Thursday, 30 April 2026

Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm

This webinar will cover:

• An economic update from Luci Ellis, Chief Economist, Westpac
• A discussion on how the teams at City of Casey and City of Melbourne are managing contracts and rising costs. 

Speakers: 

Luci Ellis is Chief Economist for the Westpac Banking Group. She was previously Assistant Governor (Economic) at the Reserve Bank of Australia from December 2016 until October 2023. Prior to that, Luci was Head of Financial Stability Department at the RBA for eight years, spent two years on secondment at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, and held several other senior positions at the RBA over a three-decade career in central banking. Luci holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales, a Masters in Economics degree from the Australian National University and a first-class Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of Melbourne.