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Chris Murphy B.Ec (Hons) (Sydney), M.Ec (ANU)
Director
Chris
(phone: 0411 284 929) is one of Australia’s leading economic modellers.
He founded the Econtech Pty Ltd modelling practice in 1994, which in 2011 adopted
the new trading name of Independent Economics. This followed Chris' successful completion of a 3-year term as
Principal of a team of modellers at KPMG (trading as KPMG Econtech). Chris began his career in economic modelling
at the Australian Treasury. This was followed by further economic modelling roles at the Office of EPAC, at the
Australian National University and as a Director of Access Economics. He is well known for
developing the Murphy family of models of the Australian economy and for his modelling for foreign governments, including
the Governments of New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi and Oman.
Chris is also a respected forecaster of the Australian economy and the construction industry. On the policy front, he was
centrally involved in modelling the economic impacts of the introduction of the GST and, more recently, of Australia's
key taxes for the Australian Government's Henry Tax Review. Chris is also well known for his modelling
the economic impacts of education, migration, industrial relations policies, import tariffs, regulation and other policy areas.
Dinar Prihardini B.ActSt B.Ec (Hons) (ANU)
Senior Economist
Dinar (phone: 0419 024 330)
holds an Actuarial Studies degree and was awarded the University Medal in Economics at
the Australian National University. She has worked with Chris since 2008. During this time,
she was involved in developing and using a wide range of economy-wide models for different
countries. She assisted in the maintenance and further development of the MMS model, used by the
Monetary Authority of Singapore in developing official forecasts of the Singapore economy and in
conducting monetary policy analysis. Dinar has also been involved in the maintenance and use of a
macro-econometric model used to develop forecasts for the Australian economy. She has worked successfully on
all stages of modelling including collecting data, developing databases, coding equations, documenting
models, using models and training clients in their use. Dinar is now an accomplished macro-econometric modeller.
Kelly Neill B.Asian Studies B.Ec (Hons) (ANU)
Economist
Kelly (phone: 0429 013 334) holds an
Asian Studies degree and a First Class Honours degree in Economics from the
ANU. She has worked with Chris since 2008. During this time, she has worked extensively
in developing and using economy-wide models, in Australia and abroad, to analyse the impact of tax reforms
and other government policies. Kelly worked as part of a team that modelled the economic impact
of 19 key Australian taxes for the Australian Treasury. The results were used in the Australian Government's
Henry Tax Review. As part of this project, she was involved in training Treasury officials in the use of the
model. Kelly is now an accomplished modeller and analyst of tax policy.
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