Australians will head to the polls on May 3, with tax cuts, cost-of-living and energy likely to be major points of discussion during the five-week Federal Election campaign.
The election was called immediately after the delivery of the Federal Budget and the budget reply. Other issues expected to dominate discussions over the coming weeks include health, education, childcare, Medicare and HECS.
The University of Queensland has a wide range of experts able to dissect and explain the issues.
Politics
, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Expertise: Professor Lee-Koo can discuss elections, political parties, voter attitudes, policies, gender policies and youth voting behaviour.
Contact: k.leekoo@uq.edu.au
, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Expertise: Dr Mols can discuss elections, parties, voter attitudes, populism, political psychology, and public policy.
Contact: f.mols@uq.edu.au
, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Expertise: Professor Orr can discuss laws and norms of electoral politics – how elections, parties, parliament, and money in politics are run. Labour and employment law.
Contact: g.orr@law.uq.edu.au
, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
Expertise: Public policy and administration, especially with regards to the politics of health and social policy, public service capacity, health insurance, Medicare, vaccination and vaccine hesitancy, pensions, income support, superannuation.
Contact: a.hannah@uq.edu.au
, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Expertise: Professor Hameiri can discuss issues relating to Australia’s regional relations, aid, foreign policy and relations with China and the United States.
Contact: s.hameiri@uq.edu.au
, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Expertise: Dr Ball can speak about public policy and administration, public sector ethics, Robodebt, public sector capacity, digital service delivery, employment and social services.
Contact: s.ball@uq.edu.au
Managing the economy/cost of living
, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Expertise: Professor Quiggin can speak about a broad range of topics, including tax cuts, cost of living, unemployment benefits, HECS.
Contact: j.quiggin@uq.edu.au
, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law.
Expertise: Professor Menezes can speak about economic policy, HECS indexation and student debt, energy transition, cost of living, defence, water, gambling, natural resources, energy bills, smart cities, banking, health, transport, and telecommunications.
Contact: f.menezes@uq.edu.au
Global warming
, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Expertise: Professor MacKenzie can speak about the economics of climate change, environmental policy, and pollution regulation.
Contact: i.mackenzie@uq.edu.au
Health
, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Expertise: Professor Gannon specialises in health and ageing economics and economic evaluation of health care systems and policies. She can also discuss health/ageing issues, pensions, and health policies including Medicare, PBS, GP bulk billing, mental health, and the carer economy, including children and older people with cognitive decline and dementia.
Contact: brenda.gannon@uq.edu.au
Education
, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Expertise: Associate Professor Hardy can speak about educational policy and politics in relation to schooling and Higher Education.
Contact: ian.hardy@uq.edu.au
Housing crisis
, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Expertise: Professor Bond can discuss the economics of housing and the real estate market, as well as volatility in financial markets. He can also comment on regional resilience, including real estate markets and natural disasters.
Contact: s.bond@business.uq.edu.au
Foreign policy
, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Expertise: Professor McDonald can speak about foreign and security policy, and climate change policy.
Contact: matt.mcdonald@uq.edu.au
Transport
, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Expertise: Professor Hickman can discuss public transit planning and operations, urban transportation planning and modelling and the development of sustainable transport innovations and policies.
Contact: m.hickman1@uq.edu.au
Mining
, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Expertise: Professor Valenta can speak about geology and geophysics applied to mineral exploration and mining.
Contact: r.valenta@uq.edu.au
