Adrian Rollins

Nationality:

Qualifications:

PhD programme:

Public Policy and Governance

Supervisor(s) and panel members:

Andrew MacIntyre (Chair)
Peter Drysdale
Stuart Harris

Topic title and description:

The Age of the Deal: The Politics of Australian Trade Policy
An examination of why the focus of Australian trade policy has shifted from the multilateral, non-discriminatory emphasis of the early 1990s to the multilateral and preferential emphasis of today.

Scholarships and Fellowships:

ANU Scholarship

Publications:

Numerous articles, most recently a comment piece on the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement in The Canberra Times , November 14, 2003.

Employment history:

October 2003 ? present: Program Manager, Pacific Trade and Development Conference
July 2002 ? July 2003: Media adviser, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Jenny Macklin
1991 ? June 2002: Journalist, The Age newspaper including Federal Politics Reporter, 1997 to 2000 and State Politics Reporter, 2000 ? 2002.

Personal information

I was born and raised in Ballarat, Victoria, before moving to Melbourne to study at Monash University. I graduated in 1987 (BA Combined Honours, History and Politics) before joining The Herald (Melbourne's afternoon newspaper) in January 1988. In 1991 I took a year off work to travel, arriving in Britain during one of its coldest winters for decades. After three weeks I left for the sun and heat of Africa, spending three months traveling through Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, where I enjoyed gin and tonics on the verandah and caught malaria. On return to Britain I worked in Cambridge, pulling beers at night and working on a deer and horse stud during the day. I visited Spain, Italy and Spain before returning to Australia via Canada and the United States.
Over the years I have traveled extensively, including to Nepal and India (1989), Bali and Lombok (1996), Greece and France (1999), Hong Kong (2001), Vietnam (2002) and Indonesia (2003).
My travels reflect my great interest in the East Asia region, and Australia's place within it.
My other main interests are triathlons, mountain biking, Australian Rules Football, rogaining and visiting the pub (not necessarily in that order).

Personal links

Pacific Trade and Development Conference
http://www.bowmaneconomics.com/ >>
My wife's website

Mailing address:

Adrian Rollins
J.G Crawford Building, Building #13,
Crawford School of Economics and Government,
The Australian National University,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia