Conrad Liveris is an economist and non-profit executive.

He is available for presentations, expert reports and advisory projects on employment and workplace issues. As an economist and advisor Conrad has worked with and presented to small businesses through to global technology giants and at major industry conferences, on topics including economic outlooks, the job market, flexible working, remuneration, diversity, equity and inclusion, performance and productivity.

A list of services is available below.

Conrad can be briefed in litigation proceedings as an expert witness to provide economic assessments, principally related to issues of employability, earnings, compensation and related issues. He has provided expert reports in a range of areas including employment law, family law, insurance and personal injury as well as in wills and estates.

Currently, Conrad’s most substantive role is as the Executive Officer of The Piddington Society in WA, a non-profit working to advance access to justice and collegiality in the legal profession. He maintains his economics practice alongside this.

The ABC has called him “one of Australia’s leading employment and workplace experts” and his knowledge on labour market economics is sought by decision-makers, including government ministers and major companies. His work focuses primarily on labour markets, employment changes and earnings by industry, state and demographics.

He has a substantial amount of experience on gender equality in leadership, particularly around program analysis. He was also a leading contributor to the economic and financial case for marriage equality in Australia.

His analytical approach is paired with a deep understanding and experience of communicating complex topics accessibly in the media. He has written widely about workplace and economic issues, including for The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald and The West Australian. During the 2016 Presidential Election he wrote a regular column for Washington DC’s most-read newspaper, The Hill. His work has been featured by the ABC, Channels 7, 9 and 10, Buzzfeed and internationally by The Straits Times (Singapore), Xinhua News (China) and South China Morning Post (Hong Kong).

As an Australia Day Ambassador, Conrad has delivered Australia Day addresses in Albany, Broome, Derby, Esperance, Geraldton, Katanning, Mullewa and York. In Broome in 2020, he delivered the Address in English, Noongar and Yawuru. These can be accessed here.

Conrad has over a decade of experience as a board director for private, government and non-profit entities. Currently, he is the Chair of WAAC (previously, the WA AIDS Council), Chair of Sussex Street Community Law Service and is a board member of Carine Senior High School and Rainbow Futures WA. 

Amongst other recognition, Conrad:

• Is an alumni of the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program;

• Was awarded an Alumni Achievement award by Curtin University;

• Was recognised as one of Australia’s most influential LGBTI+ leaders by Deloitte, EnergyAustralia and Google.

Conrad holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame Australia and Curtin University, and has undertaken executive and further education with the Governance Institute of Australia, Australian Institute of Company Directors, University of California, Los Angeles and University of Oxford.

Conrad is a member of the Economic Society of Australia, Industrial Relations Society of Western Australia and is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society.

Conrad is an avid runner, and formerly undertook triathlons. He prefers to read non-fiction but his book club encourages him to read more fiction. He enjoys getting out of the city as often as possible into regional areas. 

He is a proud public school kid.