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Federal Budget 2017: UQ experts available for media
University of Queensland experts are available to comment on issues around the budget. Journalists can contact the following experts below or search by topic or name at UQ Experts.
Environment, energy and sustainability
- Professor Karen Hussey: Director, Global Change Institute - environment, sustainability, 0420 537 169
- Professor Kerrie Wilson: Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions - conservation, environment, 0432 844 079
- Associate Professor Matt McDonald: climate change funding.
- Professor Stuart Phinn: Director, Remote Sensing Research Centre - satellite based technologies for environmental monitoring, 0401 012 996
Business and innovation
- Associate Professor Martie-Louise Verreynne: innovation, small business, 0423 916 037
- Dr Anna Jenkins: entrepreneurship and innovation, failure, 0423 916 037
- Dr Paul Brewer: international business, 0423 916 037
- Associate Professor Bernard McKenna: management, 0423 916 037
- Dr Martina Linnenluecke:climate change and business sustainability, 0423 916 037
- Associate Professor Clive Warren: property and sustainable property, 0423 916 037
Health and welfare
- Professor Robyn Ward: Executive Dean and DVC Research - science, research, health policy, 07 3365 9044
- Professor Harvey Whiteford: population health, medicine, psychiatry, health policy, NDIS, 0418 755 224
Education and research
- Professor Pankaj Sah: Director, Science Research Learning Centre - science, research, education, 0413 314 558
- Professor Stuart Phinn: Director, Remote Sensing Research Centre - satellite based technologies for environmental monitoring, 0401 012 996
- Professor Robyn Ward: Executive Dean and DVC Research - science, research, health policy, 07 3365 9044
Security, defence and foreign policy
- Associate Professor Matt McDonald: foreign and defence policy, 0451 302 030
- Associate Professor Marianne Hanson: defence, 0424 331 745
For other media enquiries - communications@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 1120.
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