With Asia’s middle classes set to balloon to 3.2 billion by 2030, there are calls for a big government response to equip Australia to sell goods and services to cashed-up Asian consumers. But how big are the rewards of the Asian goods and services boom likely to be? And is multicultural Australia really suffering an ‘Asia-relevant capabilities’ shortfall?

In this Meet the Researcher lecture, CIS Policy Analyst Benjamin Herscovitch will assess Australia’s Asian Century opportunities and argue that the ‘lucky country’ is still on a winning streak.