Federal budget 2022: Experts available for comment

On Tuesday, March 29, the Australian government will deliver the 2022-23 federal budget. 

The following UNSW experts are available for comment:  

• Rob Nicholls, Associate Professor, School of Management and Governance, UNSW Business School can comment on cybersecurity in the context of small businesses and regulation, stimulating the digital economy (including NBN and capacity building), media regulation and platform businesses, and competition policy changes. He can be contacted on 0412 646 477 or r.nicholls@unsw.edu.au. 

• Dr Evgenia Dechter, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, UNSW Business School can comment on labour economics, gender (education, pay gap, labour), unemployment, market mobility, casualisation of the labour market, impact of technological change and advancement on labour market) . She can be contacted on e.dechter@unsw.edu.au. 

• Dr Rodney Brown, Senior Lecturer, School of Accounting, Auditing & Taxation, UNSW Business School can comment on superannuation, personal and company tax reform (changes to tax rates, negative gearing, capital gains tax discount) and GST reform (changes to rate and/or exemptions). He can be contacted on rodney.brown@unsw.edu.au. 

• Richard Holden Professor of Economics, School of Economics, UNSW Business School can comment on any aspect of the Budget, the economic impact of the Budget. He can be reached at richard.holden@unsw.edu.au. (Please note: Professor Holden will be in the Budget lockup).  

• Dr Tim Neal, Senior Research Fellow, School of Economics, UNSW Business School can comment on climate change policy in relation to the economy, food security, and adaptation efforts. He can be reached at timothy.neal@unsw.edu.au or 0430 451 675.

• Dr Katja Hanewald, Senior Lecturer, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Business School and Director of Research of the Ageing Asia Research Hub, which is hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). She can comment on Home Equity Access Scheme, superannuation, pensions, reverse mortgages and longevity, retirement planning and policy recommendations, population aging. She can be reached at k.hanewald@unsw.edu.au. 

• Professor Leisa Sargent, Senior Deputy Dean, UNSW Business School, Co-DVC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. She can comment on women, work and productivity in the Budget. She can be reached at l.sargent@unsw.edu.au (must CC in Emily.boyes@unsw.edu.au) Availability by appointment with Emily Boyes.  

• Gigi Foster, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, UNSW Business School can comment on the general impact of the budget, micro/macro-economic perspectives, debt, productivity and economic growth. She can be reached at gigi.foster@unsw.edu.au.  

• Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, School of Banking and Finance, UNSW Business School can comment on the impact of government debt and financial impact on the economy, tax policy, venture capital / start-ups. He can be reached at m.humpheryjenner@unsw.edu.au.

• Lemuria Carter, Professor, School of Information Systems & Technology Management, UNSW Business School can comment on digital Government, Information Privacy, Technology Adoption, Digital Divide. She can be reached via Kate Bettes at k.bettes@unsw.edu.au.  

• Iain MacGill, Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications can comment on energy policy. He can be reached at i.macgill@unsw.edu.au.