The Lawson Common Room: where sharp minds and generous spirits meet — part fireside chat, part professional detour.
This April, we’re getting into the weeds — specifically, some of the regulations that have a chokehold on WA’s consequential industries and the future of productivity of our State. Host Nicholas van Hattem is joined by three guests with different windows into how government does business, and what business does about it.
Sandra Brewer MLA is the Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Housing; Women’s Interests and Member for Cottesloe. Before entering Parliament in 2025, she built a successful career in business, marketing, and advocacy, holding senior global marketing roles, leading her own consulting firm, and serving for 6 years as Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia (WA). Anthony Papamatheos SC is a barrister with a practice in corporations, energy, resources and mining matters. Siena Ellison is a corporate lawyer who has a background in politics, having worked for the former Federal Minister for Finance. Together, they’ll share their views on the current state of affairs in Western Australia's key industries and consider if there a serious pathway forward by cutting red tape — and if so, who has to move first?
– Doors from 5PM
– Talk + Q&A from 5.30PM in the Studio
– Drinks + chats from 6.15PM in Luis’
– Members $10, Public $25 (includes a drink on arrival)