With the 2024-25 federal budget to be handed down on Tuesday 14 May, The Australian National University (ANU) has experts who can comment on a range of topics.
You can contact our experts via the details listed below. Alternatively, please reach out to the ANU Media team on our hotline +61 2 6125 7979 or by emailing media@anu.edu.au.
The ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods is also hosting the ANU Budget Breakfast at Old Parliament House from 7.30-9am on Thursday 16 May. The breakfast will feature analysis from top economist Chris Richardson, Dr Daniel Mulino MP, Keith Wolahan MP, and ANU experts Associate Professor Ben Phillips and Kristen Sobeck. Professor Lorana Bartels will MC the event.
Media can register for this free event via Eventbrite.
ECONOMICS
Kristen Sobeck
Expertise: Tax and transfer policy
E: Kristen.Sobeck@anu.edu.au
Peter Martin
Expertise: Macroeconomics, budget strategy
E: Peter.Martin@anu.edu.au
Professor Robert Breunig
Expertise: Tax policy, labour markets, childcare, welfare programs
M: +61 434 689 928
E: Robert.Breunig@anu.edu.au
Professor Rohan Pitchford
Expertise: Supermarket price gouging
E: Rohan.Pitchford@anu.edu.au
Associate Professor Cagri Kumru
Expertise: Income tax policy
M: +61 420 531 952
E: Cagri.Kumru@anu.edu.au
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Associate Professor Phong Ngo
Expertise: Domestic violence, intimate partner violence policy
M: +61 413 332 192
E: phong.ngo@anu.edu.au
POLITICS
Professor Mark Kenny
Expertise: Budgets as political exercises, elections, political economy, media
M: +61 415 942 752
E: Mark.Kenny@anu.edu.au
EDUCATION
Associate Professor Tim Higgins
Expertise: Higher education policy changes, including the HECS-HELP scheme
M: +61 414 767 041
E: Tim.Higgins@anu.edu.au
Professor Andrew Norton
Expertise: Higher education, student loans
E: Andrew.Norton@anu.edu.au
SOCIAL POLICY
Associate Professor Ben PhillipsExpertise: Tax and welfare policy, housing, social policy
M: +61 403 929 395
E: Ben.Phillips@anu.edu.au
Associate Professor Elise Klein
Expertise: Social policy, social security spending including JobSeeker
Ph: +61 2 6125 7979
E: Elise.Klein@anu.edu.au
Associate Professor Adam Butt
Expertise: Superannuation, retirement income policy
E: Adam.Butt@anu.edu.au
Dr Liz Allen
Expertise: Population, immigration, demography, inequality, housing, births
M: +61 401 358 091
E: Liz.Allen@anu.edu.au
Professor Peter Whiteford
Expertise: Social security and welfareM: +61 403 050 371
E: Peter.Whiteford@anu.edu.au
INFRASTRUCTURE
Professor Sara Bice
Expertise: Social and community aspects of infrastructure, mining, renewables and energy (major engineering projects) including social risk management, social and socio-environmental impacts, ESG, social licence to operate, socio-economic inclusion, resilience and wellbeing
M: +61 410 705 214
E: Sara.Bice@anu.edu.au
Professor Rohan Pitchford
Expertise: A Future Made in Australia policy
E: Rohan.Pitchford@anu.edu.au
ENVIRONMENT / SCIENCE
Associate Professor Emma Aisbett
Expertise: Indo-Pacific Framework for Economic Prosperity (IPEF), embedded emissions accounting frameworks, trade-related climate policy, green industrial policy, climate-friendly investment, International Green Economy Collaborations
M: +61 420 405 980
E: Emma.Aisbett@anu.edu.au
Professor Frank Jotzo
Expertise: Climate change policy, energy policy, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonisation and energyE: Frank.Jotzo@anu.edu.au
Professor Mark Howden
Expertise: Climate change, climate risk, science-policy, agriculture and food security, energy transitionM: +61 429 026 050
E: Mark.Howden@anu.edu.au
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Tom Worthington
Expertise: Higher education, computing, defence procurement
M: +61 419 496 150
E: Tom.Worthington@anu.edu.au
