Researcher focused on public sector policy, governance and reform
Romlie Mokak is a Commissioner with the Productivity Commission and is a Djugun man and a member of the Yawuru people.
Prior to the Commission, he was the CEO of the Lowitja Institute, and also CEO at the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association. He was the first Aboriginal policy officer in the New South Wales government Ageing and Disability Department. Romlie has chaired and has been a member for a range of policy, research and evaluation bodies at the national and state government levels and is currently a member of the Board of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Romlie is currently working on the Productivity Commission’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Craft study; Housing and Homelessness Agreement Review; and Closing the Gap Review.