About us
Most Australians no longer believe the future will be better than the past.
Creating, building and growing in Australia has become too hard.
Too hard to build a home. Too hard to start a business. Too slow to say yes, too quick to say no. The jobs of the future are being built, just not here.
Ambition is discouraged when it should be celebrated. A country that once measured itself by what it created now measures itself by what it redistributes and living standards have gone backwards as a result.
When we stop building, we start fighting over what’s left old against young, renters against owners, workers against business - and every fight needs a loser. So the governments compensate: spending more each year, taxing more and borrowing from future generations to pay for it.
It is a machine that runs in only one direction - less building, more dividing, deeper debt. At AMPLIFY, we believe none of this is inevitable.
What we lack is not capacity, but ambition.
Australia has a choice: renew our prosperity or drift into mediocrity.
We unashamedly believe in prosperity and everything it makes possible: homes people can afford, a country that works, and lives that keep getting better for all Australians.
We believe in backing every Australian who wants to build something.
We believe in rewarding risk-taking, because nobody ever built something without risking anything.
AMPLIFY exists to fight for that Australia.
AMPLIFY is a community of Australians who believe in a better Australia and are done waiting for someone else to deliver it.
We hold a clear set of beliefs about the Australia we want to build: a prosperous, confident, and ambitious country, where each generation can once again expect to do better than the last. We campaign relentlessly for the ideas that will get us there.
Our Board
The AMPLIFY Board provides strategic direction, effective governance and leadership. AMPLIFY’s purpose and objectives are defined in our Constitution, which guides the Board’s decisions and underpins our strategic direction. As an independet and not-for-profit organisation, the Board commits to always working in the interests of our community.
Statement of Independence
Paul Bassat
Founder and Chair
Georgina Harrisson
Chief Executive Officer
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Martin Codina
Executive Director
Kate Jones
Non-Executive Director
Gillon McLachlan
Non-Executive Director
Dominic Perrottet
Non-Executive Director
Michael Schneider
Non-Executive Director
Mark Warburton
Non-Executive Director
Our Development Committee
The Development Committee expands AMPLIFY's reach and powers our philanthropic impact. As an advisory body, it guides the Board on strategy and opportunities to grow AMPLIFY’s mission.
Mark Warburton (Chair)
Amber Banfield (Perth)
Kallie Blauhorn (Melbourne)
Bronte Campbell OAM, OLY (Sydney)
Rob Chapman, AM (Adelaide)
Rupesh Singh (Sydney)
