The chambers is located on the 5th floor of the Reserve Bank Building (65 Martin Place, Sydney) and the 9th floor of Chifley Tower (2 Chifley Square, Sydney).
Ian Macfarlane (economist) (born 1946), Australian economist, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, 1996–2006
MPC was established in 2003 when the Reserve Bank of Australia opened a limited number of floors to tenants in the landmark Reserve Bank Building at 65 Martin Place.
Article written with the help of Geoff Kellow's research at the Note Printing Branche Archives, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.
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The initial paper five-dollar note was designed by Gordon Andrews, with Russell Drysdale as the Reserve Bank of Australia’s artistic advisor.
He was a director of the Reserve Bank of Australia in 1981 and 1982 and was the Australian Ambassador to the United States from 1982 to 1985, and from 1991 to 1994 he was Chairman of the Australian National Gallery Foundation.
Amidst this period of unprecedented growth, some would even go on to change the face of the modern world; the likes of King O'Malley, architect of the Commonwealth Bank and Reserve Bank, and William Knox D'Arcy, founder of Anglo-Persian Oil Company (now BP).
These works were published in volumes issued by various organizations, including the Federal Reserve System, the Bank of England, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of Korea, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the Brookings Institution.
Previously he was with Macquarie University (1992–2007), He has also been Chief Economist at Colonial State Bank (1987–91), and Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia (1980–86).
Mellish won a Walkley Award for business journalism in 2006 for a series of articles he wrote in November 2005, which revealed the details of former Reserve Bank of Australia board member Robert Gerard's 14 year battle with the Australian Taxation Office.