Parliament House

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.

8 May 2018
UQ has a range of experts available to talk to media during the Queensland election campaign. iStockphoto.

UQ has a range of experts available to talk to media during the Queensland election campaign.

30 October 2017
Queensland Parliament - the Treasurer will hand down the budget tomorrow

The University of Queensland has a range of experts available to talk to media in relation to the Queensland Government Budget.

12 June 2017
Members of the W&J Traditional Owners Council outside the Federal Court

Unfinished business: Adani, the State, and the indigenous rights struggle of the Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners council

12 June 2017
UQ's photovoltaic solar installation at Gatton

The University of Queensland has a range of experts available to talk to journalists on Dr Alan Finkel's Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market.

9 June 2017
Professor Quiggin said a publicly owned National Grid was the only coherent response to failed reform.

A publicly owned national electricity grid is the logical solution to Australia’s energy crisis, according to University of Queensland economist Professor John Quiggin.

3 March 2017

As controversy continues to unfold at the White House, experts from The University of Queensland are available to comment on various aspects of Donald Trump’s presidency.

24 February 2017
Federal election experts available for comment

A range of University of Queensland experts is available to comment on issues relating to the 2 July 2016 Federal Government election.

30 June 2016
Professor John Quiggin

The Beattie Government’s Smart State program deserves credit for the resilience of the State’s economy and labour market despite the end of the mining boom, according to analysis by a University of Queensland economist.

21 April 2016

A range of University of Queensland experts is available to comment on issues relating to the 19 March 2016 statewide local government elections.

3 March 2016

The following experts are available to comment to media on issues relating to the Queensland Budget and subsequent developments (expertise areas listed). Journalists can also search for experts on a wide range of topics at UQ Experts.

15 July 2015
Go on a virtual dinosaur hunt with the School of Biological Sciences Senior Lecturer Dr Steve Salisbury’s twitter feed.  Photo: Josie Fraser

The University of Queensland attracts top academic minds from across the globe, but how does their genius translate to 140 characters or less? To celebrate @UQ_News reaching 13,000 twitter followers, UQ is sharing a list of some of its most engaging...

30 April 2015
Queensland voters will go to the polls on January 31

The following experts are available to comment to media on issues relating to the Queensland election and subsequent developments. Journalists can search for experts on a wide range of topics at UQ Experts.

4 February 2015
Solar panels - like these at UQ - are being installed globally at a rate of a gigawatt every week, almost as much the total amount installed during the 20th century.

The question of whether the future will be powered by coal and oil or by renewable energy is crucially important, both to the medium-term future of the Australian economy and to the long-term future of the planet. For either to succeed, there is a...

8 January 2015

The controversy ignited by the Australian National University in October, when it decided to sell its shares in seven resources companies, has raised two important questions about divestment from assets such as fossil fuels.

1 December 2014

The federal government’s Direct Action climate policy, a A$2.5 billion scheme aimed at paying polluters to cut their greenhouse emissions, is set to be approved in the Senate after a deal between environment minister Greg Hunt and Palmer United...

30 October 2014
Australia won’t be building anything as big as the Gordon Dam any time soon. JJ Harrison/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

An agricultural green paper proposes 27 new water and irrigation projects, which the government claims will be necessary for Australia’s agricultural expansion.

30 October 2014
Professor Justin Marshall and Professor Peter Harrison

Two University of Queensland researchers have been announced as Laureate Fellows under the Australian Research Council’s most prestigious research grants scheme.

22 August 2014
Professor John Quiggin

He's quirky, confident and just a little bit controversial.

12 November 2013

Professor Simon Grant, Deputy Head of The University of Queensland School of Economics has been elected Fellow of the Econometric Society.

27 November 2012