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UTS experts available for NSW election analysis

22 February 2023
an older person places a voting paper in a polling box

NSW heads to the polls on Saturday 25th March 2023. Photo: Adobe Stock Images.

The following UTS experts are available for comment on the 2023 NSW election.
Please contact the UTS Media Office for further advice and information on +61 419 293 261.

Social justice and public policy

Verity Firth, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Social Justice & Inclusion)
Verity Firth is available to discuss discuss NSW politics generally, in addition to social justice/equity, gender equality, education funding allocation, including impacts on remote and regional students or other vulnerable groups.  
Verity.Firth@uts.edu.au 

Education

Associate Professor Jane Hunter
Jane Hunter is a teacher education academic with expertise in the current state of play regarding new build schools, technology tools and education (for example, bans on ChatGPT), teacher professional learning, teacher supply, and initial teacher education including rural and remote schools.
Jane.Hunter@uts.edu.au

Dr Don Carter
Don Carter is a teacher education academic. He has expertise in school-based curriculum, literacy development, and the teaching of literature and writing.
Don.Carter@uts.edu.au

Politics and race

Professor Andrew Jakubowicz
Andrew Jakubowicz is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at UTS. He is a political sociologist and is available to comment on the politics of multicultural Australia.
Andrew.Jakubowicz@uts.edu.au

Politics and gender

Dr Ramona Vijeyarasa
Gender equality expert and Associate Professor in Law, Ramona Vijeyarasa is available to discuss women independent candidates, women and their pathways into politics, the difference women make as politicians, male versus female leaders and parliament as a gender unequal workplace.
Ramona.Vijeyarasa@uts.edu.au

Housing affordability

Professor Alan Morris
Alan Morris is a Professor in the Institute for Public Policy and Governance. He is an expert in housing and urban studies and social policy. His most recent book is The Private Rental Sector in Australia: Living with Uncertainty. 
Alan.Morris@uts.edu.au

Cost of living, cashless gaming

Professor of Finance Harry Scheule
Professor Scheule is a banking expert and can talk about housing affordability, cost of living issues and cashless gaming.  
Harald.Scheule@uts.edu.au  

Transport

Mathew Hounsell
Mathew Hounsell is a researcher at the UTS Transport Research Centre, focusing on empirically-driven transport analytics and developing customer-centric solutions for transport and land-use systems to facilitate our essential transition to a sustainable net-zero future. Mr Hounsell came to UTS after a career working in system and software engineering, including on devices for telecommunications, imaging, and marine applications.
Mathew.Hounsell@uts.edu.au

Law and Indigenous affairs

Associate Professor Harry Hobbs
Dr Harry Hobbs is an influential constitutional and human rights lawyer working at the forefront of academic research and legal and political debate about Indigenous-State treaty making.
Hobbs.Harry@uts.edu.au

Trade and economics

Professor Tim Harcourt
Tim Harcourt is Industry Professor and Chief Economist at the UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance. He is available to comment on general economic issues, housing affordability and interest rates, cost of living, wages and industrial relations, the environment, infrastructure (in particular the second airport), and sport and major events.
Tim.Harcourt@uts.edu.au

Labour, economics and climate change

Dr Elizabeth Humphrys
Political economist Dr Elizabeth Humphrys is a Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Sciences, and is available to discuss labour, wages, and industrial relations. She has particular expertise in the impact of climate change on workers and industry. 
Elizabeth.Humphrys@uts.edu.au

Labour law, industrial relations and the gig economy

Dr Eugene Scholfield-Georgeson
Dr Schofield-Georgeson is available to discuss public sector wages, labour law and industrial relations. His expertise covers the regulation of precarious employment such as casualisation, independent contracting (the gig economy) and labour hire, as well as wage theft, sham contracting, the role of trade unions, collective and industry bargaining, wages policy and the common law employment relationship.
Eugene.Schofield-Georgeson@uts.edu.au

Climate and energy

Dr Chris Briggs
Chris Briggs is a Research Director at the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures. He is an expert in climate and energy policy, clean energy jobs, coal transition, offshore wind, businesses and renewable energy zones.
Chris.Briggs@uts.edu.au

Finance and budget accounting

Dr David Bond
Accounting lecturer Dr David Bond can provide a budget overview and analysis.  As well as ‘the numbers’, he can address measures in the area of income tax, negative gearing and SMEs. 
David.Bond@uts.edu.au  

 

 

 

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