The  Hon. Dr Mike Nahan MLA

WA Treasurer and Minister for Energy, Citizenship and Multicultural Interests

The  WA Branch of the Economic Society of Australia is pleased to invite members to drinks and a presentation by the WA Treasurer, the Hon. Dr Mike Nahan MLA, on:

current issues of importance in State Treasury including related matters in his energy portfolio.

Dr Nahan was initially appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Energy; Finance; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests in March 2013 and elevated to the position of Treasurer in March 2014.  He was first elected as Member for Riverton in 2008 and was appointed to the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Energy and Indigenous Affairs in 2012.  Dr Nahan chaired the Economics and Industry Standing Committee and has undertaken important inquiries into major issues affecting the State, including domestic gas prices.  The Minister immigrated to Australia in 1978 from the United States and arrived in Western Australia in 1982.  He is a past Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and was previously a State public servant.  Mike holds a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University and was awarded a Centenary Medal by the Australian Government in 2000 for his contribution to public policy.