Experts from the University of Canberra are available to comment, provide insight and review in their respective fields of expertise, on the Federal Budget 2022-23.
ECONOMICS AND COST OF LIVING
- Macroeconomics of the Budget
- Politics and political economics
- Unemployment data
- Increasing interest rates
Dr Bomikazi Zeka
Assistant Professor, Canberra Business School
Email: Bomikazi.Zeka@canberra.edu.au
- Finance and Financial Planning
- Managing an increasing cost of living
- Aging population and their retirement planning
- Financial literacy
Dr Raymond Li
Associate Professor - Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society
Email: Raymond.Li@canberra.edu.au
- Energy economics
- Increasing petrol and energy prices
- Energy consumption
INFRASTRUCTURE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCENTIVES
Dr Yogi Vidyattama
Associate Professor – National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling
Email: Yogi.Vidyattama@canberra.edu.au
Phone: 0433658624
- Spatial and geographical economic analysis
- Regional development
- Economic growth, income and wealth distribution and inequality
- Infrastructure spend
- Electric vehicle incentives
EARLY LEARNING AND CHILDCARE
Dr Kym Simoncini
Associate Professor | Early Childhood and Primary Education
Email: Kym.Simoncini@canberra.edu.au
Phone: 0434401828
Areas of expertise include:
- Early childhood education and care
- Children’s development
- Importance of pay and condition parity between qualified early childhood staff and teachers in school
- The importance of attracting and retaining early childhood education staff
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Dr Kim Rubenstein
Academic Director 50/50 by 2030 Foundation
Email: Kim.Rubenstein@canberra.edu.au
- Value of childcare and parental leave
- Citizenship policy
- Gender equality
CYBERSECURITY
Dr Abu Barkat Ullah
Associate Professor, Information Technology and Systems
Email: Abu.BarkatUllah@canberra.edu.au
Phone: 0403641336
- Cyber security and Cyber safety
- Artificial intelligence
- Decision analytics
- Security of online data