The Albanese Government has appointed Professor David Byrne, Associate Professor Katharine Kemp and Professor Flavio Menezes as part‑time members of the Australian Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal) for a five‑year period.
Professor Byrne is a Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne. He undertakes empirical research in industrial organisation and behavioural economics, focusing on energy and resource markets. He was awarded the Young Economist Award by the Economic Society of Australia in 2023.
Associate Professor Kemp is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Justice at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney and leads the UNSW Public Interest Law and Tech Initiative. Her research focuses on competition, data privacy and consumer protection regulation. She has also practised as a commercial lawyer at Allens and as a barrister in Melbourne.
Professor Menezes is a Professor of Economics at the University of Queensland (UQ) and Chair of the Queensland Competition Authority. He was previously the President of the Economic Society of Australia (Queensland), member of the Advisory Board of the Australian Government's Deregulation Taskforce, Head of the School of Economics at UQ and Director of the Australian Centre of Regulatory Economics at the Australian National University.
The Tribunal is an independent statutory tribunal that has jurisdiction under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to hear a variety of applications, most notably reviews of determinations of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Treasurer.
These appointments will continue the high level of skills and experience available to the Tribunal.
