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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the Australian Government’s first budget this week – almost 5 months since Labor’s election victory in May. Contact spoke to a range of UQ experts who shared their opinions about how the 2022 budget will impact various sectors across the country.

Research co-led by Dr Andrea La Nauze from the UQ School of Economics has found sharing real-time air quality readings in developing countries can reduce air pollution and lead to lower mortality rates.

VIDEO | UQ School of Economics is delighted to welcome The Honourable Anna Bligh AC (CEO of the Australian Banking Association and former Queensland Premier) and Adjunct Professor Bob Wigley (Chair, UK Finance) to speak to the future of banking.

ARTICLE | The Albanese government has something of an embarrassment of intellectual riches, with no less than three of its MPs holding PhDs in economics. Two of them, Andrew Charlton and Andrew Leigh, are also prolific authors with at least a dozen books between them.

ARTICLE | Could Australia soon have a form of emissions trading? Yes, if Labor’s much-anticipated paper on fixing Australia’s mediocre emissions-reduction framework, released today, is any guide. Associate Professor Ian MacKenzie writes for The Conversation

ARTICLE | The upsurge in inflation has revived old debates about what causes it. John Quiggin and Flavio Menezes write for The Conversation.

ARTICLE | 5 graphs that explain its economic crisis. Thilak Mallawaarachchi and John Quiggin write for The Conversation

The University of Queensland Bachelors of Economics / Laws (Honours) graduate, Michaela Gyasi-Agyei, has always had a love of learning.

VIDEO | In an unprecedented environment for economics policy makers, join renowned economist and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Professor Olivier Blanchard as he discusses the direction fiscal policy should take.

ARTICLE | If the government wants a second term, more climate ambition is essential. John Quiggin writes for The Conversation.

CAREERS | So, you’re curious about a career in economics, but you’re not sure what jobs you can do with an economics degree. Let’s explore all the potential pathways and opportunities you can enjoy in this field.

ARTICLE | The next three years will be challenging economically and politically. But the transformation wrought by the election has opened up the possibility of a similar transformation of climate policy. John Quiggin writes for The Conversation.

UQ’s Master of Applied Econometrics student Ben Scott has been named a Westpac Future Leader Scholar

ANNOUNCEMENT | Providing practical policy solutions locally and nationally through research and student training is the focus of Professor Flavio Menezes as the newly appointed Director of The University of Queensland’s Australian Institute of Business and Economics (AIBE).

For International Women's Day 2022 we spoke to inspiring female academics and alumni from the Business, Economics and Law Faculty about their career successes, advice on overcoming workplace challenges and tips for women at the start of their careers.

A growing number of companies, typically in technology or professional services, are embracing the idea of a four-day working week. Professor John Quiggin asks how much, if anything, would it cost in terms of lost production and lower wages?

VIDEO | The COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to cause enormous loss of life around the world. By adopting a suppression strategy, along with a combination of public health and economic measures, Australia has avoided large scale deaths to the scale experienced in other countries and regions.

Research conducted by UQ's Dr Rigissa Megalokonomou and Professor Victor Lavy shows that teacher gender bias at least partly explains the low enrollment of female students in STEM tertiary programs.

Women are now more likely to pursue a university degree than men, but the proportion of women graduating in economics has decreased or remained stagnant over the past two decades.

Even short-term exposure to air pollution impacts our brain performance and capacity to work, according to researchers from The University of Queensland and Carnegie Mellon University.