A wind turbine in a dry field with a power plant emitting steam in the background

All eyes will be on Dubai this week as 70,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries meet at the United Nations backed climate summit, known as COP28. The University of Queensland has a range of researchers available to offer expert analysis.

29 November 2023
The side of an electric car, plugged in to a charging outlet with solar panels in the background.

UQ research will investigate whether the charging habits of electric vehicle owners could lower the cost of reaching Australia’s climate targets.

6 September 2023
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Just as the cost-of-living was front of mind when the Federal budget was handed down last month, it will be again when Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick delivers his economic plan on June 13. UQ has experts from a wide range of fields available to...

12 June 2023
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All eyes will be on Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday when he hands down the Government’s first major budget since Labor’s election win last year. UQ has experts from a wide range of fields available to analyse the budget and what the...

5 May 2023
Three UQ researchers in the Great Court

Two University of Queensland researchers have shared more than $500,000 in funding from the Westpac Scholars Trust to tackle major sustainability challenges facing Australia.

22 March 2023

Research co-led by UQ has found sharing real-time air quality readings in developing countries can reduce air pollution and lead to lower mortality rates.

25 October 2022
Federal Parliament building on ten dollar note background with the word budget written in cursive.

It is amid fears of a global recession that Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver his first budget on 25 October. What will it mean for cost of living, income tax, wages, national debt, and government services? UQ has a wide range of...

24 October 2022
Queensland's 2022 budget was handed down on June 21. Adobe.

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick today hands down the 2022 State budget. What can we expect from the Budget and what will those decisions mean for the state and its communities? UQ has the expertise to answer all those questions and more.

21 June 2022
Australian currency piled up going from $100 bill downwards in denominations

Tax cuts, fuel excise and measures to address to cost of living were the big ticket items in the 2022 Federal Budget, handed down in the shadow of COVID-19, Russia invading Ukraine, and the impact of severe floods in Queensland and northern New...

30 March 2022
Adobe images: Nick. Sydney skyline engulfed in smoke from bushfires on October 30, 2019.

Even short-term exposure to air pollution impacts our brain health and capacity to work, according to researchers from The University of Queensland and Carnegie Mellon University.

16 November 2021
Burning fossil fuels

All eyes will be on Glasgow over the first two weeks of November as world leaders meet at the most important international climate summit in the past decade.

2 November 2021