Speaker Profiles

Professor Scott Prasser is professor of public policy at the Australia Catholic University. Scott has worked in senior public service advisory roles in State and Commonwealth Government departments as well as in Ministers’ offices. Scott has held branch director positions in the Departments of the Premier and Cabinet, State Development, Tourism, Small Business and Industry and Welfare Services. In these roles Scott was responsible for delivering programs to target groups that required properly developed marketing strategies to ensure program take up and to minimise resistance and political controversy. Scott has also reviewed government programs and developed new policy proposals based around their ability to be implemented.