Dr Emily Millane

Lead Economic Security and Governance

Emily is a policy analyst, lawyer and adviser with expertise in superannuation and tax policy. Her focus is economic security and good governance, bringing a historical and contextual lens to current policy.
 
Emily has worked in public policy research and analysis at the Commonwealth Treasury, the ANU’s Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, for Grattan Institute and the Per Capita think tank. She has also worked as an adviser to now Treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers MP.
 
Most recently, Emily has advised senior executives and boards in the superannuation industry and government sectors. Emily was Manager, Strategy and Government Relations at ASIC, where she also led the agency’s work on the Your Future, Your Super reforms. 
 
Emily is a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School, where she teaches in the Melbourne Law Masters. She commenced her career at Maddocks Lawyers in the commercial team.
 
Emily’s PhD (ANU, 2020) examined the history of Australia’s superannuation system. She holds degrees in Arts (Hons) and Law from the University of Melbourne.