Parliament House
8 May 2018

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 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

Law

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

Security, defence, space and foreign policy

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

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