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Philip Lowe

Former Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia

Search every verified Philip Lowe interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Philip Lowe, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, has recently been active in public discussions on economic policy and corporate governance. In September 2026, he appeared as the inaugural guest on the IPA’s “The Prosperity Question” podcast, where he discussed topics including housing, taxation, and immigration. During the conversation, Lowe argued that Australian society has lost a focus on expanding economic growth, stating that the country is now “arguing over shares” rather than making the pie bigger. He also noted that per capita incomes in Australia have stagnated for seven years, attributing this to the end of the China boom, unfavorable demographics, and zero productivity growth, and he suggested that reform is needed to make Australia a better place for business investment. Lowe has also been serving as Chair of the ASX Advisory Group on Corporate Governance, leading efforts to revise the ASX Corporate Governance Principles. In August 2026, he participated in briefings and interviews regarding the draft fifth edition of these principles, which were open for public consultation until September 14, 2026. He stated that Australian companies are generally well governed but that the existing principles had become outdated, complicated, and prescriptive. Lowe emphasized that the revisions focus on diversity, remuneration, and particularly corporate culture, which he described as essential for building trust in public capital markets. He also expressed the view that strong governance helps Australia attract overseas investment and maintain its reputation as a well-governed country.

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“Well, it's an issue that needs to be managed and it's I wouldn't put it in the class of a big problem just yet. Without some type of fiscal framework, I think it will become a problem. But you know, compare us to the US where at least at the federal level here the budget deficit is roughly 1% of GDP, in the US it's six or seven and it's going to stay that big. And no prospect for that narrowing, and their public debt”

“Well, I think it's important we keep things in perspective. Australians enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world. We're often told we're in a crisis of one form or another, but objectively, we enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world. The problem, as I see it, is living standards have stagnated. For seven years now, there's been no net growth in per capita income. So, average real in”

“We've kept the current objective. Our first consideration here was that it has worked. When this objective was brought into place, I think only 35% of the companies in the ASX-300 had more than 30% of women on the board. So roughly a third. Today it's roughly three quarters. And I think this target has played a critical role in doing so.”

“The foundation of any public market is trust, and we've never spoken about that. So our hope is that these principles and the recommendations help continue to build trust in the Australian public capital markets. And if we can do that, then there's a chance that we have vibrant deep liquid capital markets.”

“The solution is to make Australia a great place for business to invest, expand, innovate and hire people and that requires reform right across the whole range of things. I think these principles fit into that if we can make going to the public capital markets attractive and firms find it easier to raise money and if they can raise money then business investment can be higher and the allocation of capital across the e”

“The fundamental problem we now face is per capita incomes have stagnated really for seven years. Per capita incomes in Australia used to rise at one and a half percent a year. We had strong productivity growth. We had the China boom. We had favorable demographics. With the China boom's over, demographics are turned against us and productivity growth is zero. So for seven years really we've had no lift in per capita i”

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