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A range of experts is available to comment on issues relating to the 19 March 2016 statewide local government elections.

Journalists can search by topic or name at . 

 from the  is an expert in Australian politics, hate speech, human rights and freedom of speech. She is a former president of the Australian Political Studies Association, and remains on its executive committee.
k.gelber@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3365 2910

 from the  is an expert in law relating to politics, elections, finance; labour and employment.
g.orr1@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3365 3014 

 from the  is an expert in media ethics, spin, media ownership, media performance, advertising ethics, journalism, Twitter and Facebook.
j.harrison@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3346 8234 

 from the  is an expert in communication, social media and data analytics. Dr Angus has used advanced computational techniques in state and federal elections to analyse public debates, social media commentary, media and candidate profile data. 
d.angus@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3346 8255

 from the  is an expert in labour economics, taxation policy and regional economics.
j.mangan@business.uq.edu.au, +61 7 3346 8100 

 from the  is an urban and social planner with more than 20 years’ experience as a practitioner and an educator/researcher. As well as being a full-time academic in the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ planning program, Ms Johnson manages her own planning consultancy and has government and non-government clients around Australia. Her research interests include resident activism in urban planning, and transport disadvantage and social disadvantage. Ms Johnson is a pro-bono urban planning advisor to a Logan City mayoral candidate.
l.johnson3@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3365 6707 

 from the  is an expert in urban and regional planning, transport and urban design. w.rowe@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3365 3880

 is the Dean and Head of the . She is an expert in architecture, urban design, the quality of the built environment, public space and future cities.
sandra@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3365 3843 

 is a  lecturer. She is an expert in urbanisation and density, the Kurilpa Masterplan (inner Brisbane), Indigenous housing, housing and homelessness, city branding, Brisbane as a “new world city” and transport planning.
k.greenop1@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3365 3845 

is a senior lecturer in Professional Practice and Design in the . He is a registered, practicing architect and director of . He is available to comment on the Queens Wharf Casino development and commercial architecture issues.
j.demanincor@uq.edu.au, +61 7 336 53920

 from the  is an expert in economics, economic policy, public asset sales, drought and economics, water and economics/politics, environment/climate change and economics, economic growth, tax, employment policy, political economy and "zombie economics".
j.quiggin@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3346 9646 

 from the  is an expert in branding and social media.
n.hartley@business.uq.edu.au, +61 7 3346 8022 

 from the  is an expert in small business management and small business policy.
m.vereyenne@business.uq.edu.au, +61 7 3346 8160

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s central communications team on communications@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3365 1120 can provide experts' mobile numbers.

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