Hitesh Khanna

I am currently working as a Principal Analyst within the Economic Group of the NT Government’s Department of Treasury and Finance. In my present role, I developed the NT population projection model in collaboration with the Demography and Growth Planning team at CDU’s Northern Institute. The latest set of NT population projections produced using this model were released in 2019 (https://treasury.nt.gov.au/dtf/economic-group/population-projections). My previous role was as Financial Policy Analyst, also with the Department of Treasury and Finance.

Model development, together with meeting Government objectives, melds with my interest in studying historical, current and future changes in Northern Australia through the prism of geography, ecology and economics, and in using the research to inform public policy.