Federal Budget 2018: UQ experts available for media

University of Queensland experts are available to comment on issues around the 2018 Federal Budget. Journalists can contact the following experts below or search by topic or name at UQ Experts.

Business and Economics

• Professor Martie-Louise Verreynne: innovation and entrepreneurship. M.verreynne@business.uq.edu.au, 07 3346 8160, 0439 651 107

• Professor Karen Benson: funds management, socially responsible investment funds and social impact bonds. K.benson@business.uq.edu.au, 07 3346 8009, 0439 651 107

• Associate Professor Barry Oliver: psychology of financial markets. B.oliver@business.uq.edu.au, 07 3346 8037, 0439 651 107

• Dr Sarel Gronum: small business, innovation and entrepreneurship. S.gronum@business.uq.edu.au, 07 3346 8168, 0439 651 107

• Professor Flavio Menezes: taxation/taxation of multinationals, regulatory economics, auction and market design, competition economics, public economics, general comment on Australian economic policy. f.menezes@uq.edu.au, 07 3346 7061

• Professor John Quiggin: Australian economic policy, public asset sales, infrastructure projects, drought and economics, water and economics, environment/climate change and economics, economic growth, tax, employment policy, political economy, and ‘zombie economics’. J.quiggin@uq.edu.au, 07 3346 9646, 0400 747 165

• Dr Brendan Markey-Towler: microeconomic policy and regulation, innovation and startup policy, industry economics, economic development and growth. B.markeytowler@uq.edu.au 07 3346 7058, 0448 213 904

• Professor John Mangan: labour economics, industrial economics, taxation policy, climate change economics, water and economics, economic growth. jmangan@bel.uq.edu.au, 07 3346 1630

Law

• Dr Justine Bell-James: environmental law, property law. J.bell-james@law.uq.edu.au, 07 3365 6588

• Associate Professor David Morrison: law, financial literacy, financial wellbeing, government policy relating to taxation, superannuation, housing, and financial wellbeing. D.morrison@law.uq.edu.au, 07 3365 3494, 0401 144 940

Environment, energy and sustainability

• Professor Karen Hussey: Centre for Policy Futures Director - environment, sustainability. k.hussey@uq.edu.au, 07 3443 3154, 0420 537 169

• Professor Andrew Griffiths: Executive Dean of Faculty of Business, Economics and Law - innovation and sustainability, corporate sustainability, climate change and business. A.griffiths@bel.uq.edu.au, 07 3365 6204

• Associate Professor Matt McDonald: climate change funding. matt.mcdonald@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 3042, 0451 302 030

Security, defence, space and foreign policy

• Professor Michael Smart: Chair of Hypersonic Propulsion – space agency funding. m.smart@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 8525

• Associate Professor Matt McDonald: foreign and defence policy, aid funding. matt.mcdonald@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 3042, 0451 302 030

• Professor Stuart Phinn: Director of Remote Sensing Research Centre and Observation Australia – satellite-based technologies for environment, industry, government, Australian Space Agency. s.phinn@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 6526, 0401 012 996

Health and welfare

• Professor Brenda Gannon: health economics, Australian health policy, ageing health, resource allocation (MSAC experience). Brenda.gannon@uq.edu.au, 07 3346 1103

• Professor Robyn Ward: Executive Dean and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research - science, research, health policy. r.ward@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 9044

• Professor Harvey Whiteford: population health, medicine, psychiatry, health policy, NDIS. H.whiteford@spd.uq.edu.au, 0418 755 224

Education and research 

• Professor Pankaj Sah: Science Research Learning Centre Director - science, research, education. Pankaj.sah@uq.edu.au, 0413 314 558

• Professor Robyn Ward: Executive Dean and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research - science, research, health policy. r.ward@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 9044

Other enquiries: communications@uq.edu.au, 3365 1120 or 0413 601 248.