The Secretary to the Australian Treasury (who is the most senior public servant in the Treasury Department) is also a full voting member of the Board. The Secretary participates as an economist in their own right, not as a representative of the government, but is able to share details of the government’s fiscal and other plans.
An aging society will have its own new potential needs, and there will be plenty of room for coping thoroughly with the diversified concept of values and life styles. There is much potential in the domestic market, let alone healthcare, including services for firms and households based on information technology.