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Louise Staley
Director, Food and Environment Unit
Ms Louise Staley is Director Food and Environment Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs where she specialises in food policy issues and agricultural regulation. She was a portfolio manager at AXA Australia, and head of the global telecommunications research cluster. She worked as an equities analyst specialising in telecommunications, food & beverage and retail stocks. She has a Masters in Public Policy and is completing her PhD at the University of Melbourne on the impact of regulation on rural communities and farms.
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