If at the beginning of the year, somebody had told me that in September I would be attending a pre-departure briefing in Canberra and then in October be representing the QUT Business School at the IMF & World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC as an Australian Youth…

I recently had the privilege of being selected as a Global Voices Scholar and Australian Delegate to the 2018 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Forum in Paris, France. To sum up my experience in a nutshell, it was insightful, engaging and inspiring. On top of leaving this…

I remember how I felt when my flight landed in Australia for the first time. It was actually a feeling of numbness, where I did not know what to expect. Neither a feeling of excitement nor anxiety but a feeling of nothingness. To be honest, I was very…

When I found out that Global Voices was taking me to Paris and I would have the chance to be among some of the most intelligent and innovative policy experts in the world, well I couldn’t refuse, could I? After embracing the cliché Parisian fashion of gorging on…

Tooting horns, men having their shoes shined and flashes of colour dominating the city. Lima is a place of festivity, passion and oh so good food. Yet behind this atmosphere, some serious discussions were taking place. Lima hosted the 2015 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings. Being an…