Messages in Support

It may be hard to imagine how the information you generously provide will help shape our nation, but that's exactly what it does. Throughout the years of collecting data, many policy decisions have been influenced by HILDA data.

  • Gary Banks

    Former Chairman of the Productivity Commission

  • Janeen Baxter

    Director of the ARC Centre for Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course

  • Michaela Benzeval

    Professor Michaela Benzeval, Director, Understanding Society, University of Essex

  • Dame Quentin Bryce AD, CVO

    Former Governor General

  • Jenny Gordon

    Dr Jenny Gordon, Principal Advisor Research, Productivity Commission

  • Guyonne Kalb

    Director of Labour Economics and Social Policy, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne

  • Tony Nicholson

    Executive Director, Brotherhood of St Laurence

  • Martin Parkinson AC PSM

    Former Secretary of the Department of the Treasury

  • Finn Pratt AO PSM

    Former Secretary of the Department of Social Services (DSS)

  • Glenn Stevens AC

    Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia

  • Ruth Weston

    Former Assistant Director (Research), Australian Institute of Family Studies

  • Stephen Zubrick

    Prof Stephen Zubrick MSc AM PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Western Australia, and Senior Principal Research Fellow

  • Dean Lillard

    Professor Dean Lillard, The Ohio State University

  • Peter Butterworth

    Professor Peter Butterworth, Deakin University

  • Amanda Rishworth

    Hon Amanda Rishworth MP, Minister for Social Services, Member for Kingston

  • Danielle Wood

    Danielle Wood Chair, Productivity Commission