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Looking for someone to dissect the Queensland budget?
Griffith University is home to a range of experts who can talk about the budget on a broad scale, or narrow in on issues including power prices, political impact or the regions.
Professor Fabrizio Carmignani: Head of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Professor Carmignani specialises in economic growth and macroeconomics. He’s also an expert in fields such as tourism economics and the economics of natural resources.
Location: Nathan campus
Dr Liam Wagner: If you want to talk about power, Dr Wagner has you covered. He specialises in energy economics, renewable energy and electricity markets.
Location: Nathan campus
Professor Tony Makin: Professor Makin specialises in Government budgeting and fiscal policy. He’s worked for the International Monetary Fund and on budgetary issues in the federal departments of Treasury and Finance. He can also talk macroeconomics and international economics.
Location: Gold Coast campus
Professor Anne Tiernan: Professor Tiernan is available to talk

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Not everyone could juggle part-time study, managing a financial planning practice and still find time to teach scuba diving on the side.
But not everyone has Bachelor of Commerce student Jessica Harris’ passion for her industry.
Ms Harris was working in a different field when she decided she wanted to focus more on finance.
“From what I was aware of, and had read, the finance and commerce units at Griffith University were very highly regarded,” she said.
In her first year, she completed a financial planning subject and fell in love.
Real-world information and supportive lecturers encouraged Ms Harris to start searching for a new job that would allow her to put this passion into practice.
“I was ambitious, but also had tangible experience, which enabled me to get the role that I did,” she said.
Ms Harris was employed by My Wealth Solutions as a client service officer, but was told they were also searching for a practice

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Rahd Youakim is only in his second year studying Marine Science at Griffith University but he already has big dreams about how he’s going to save the planet.
Those aspirations are already getting noticed, with Rhad receiving a Young Scientist Encouragement Award offered by ATA Scientific, a scientific instrument company.
The topic of their latest competition, which is normally reserved for post-graduate students, was focused on climate change and how we can develop innovations to minimise the negative effects.
Rahd is an active conservationist who is majoring in Coastal Physical Sciences. His career goal is to be one of the leading figures in Australia for sustainable fishing aquaculture practices.
Rahd plans to establish his own research groups, one in each state along the east coast of Australia exploring different temporal environments and maximising the yield production for each zone with minimal to zero impact.
“A big dream, yes I know! But my mum once told

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Griffith Business School students have had the opportunity to learn from one of the biggest players on the south east’s tourism scene.
The Star Gold Coast hosted seven students for a 75-hour internship, taking them from front office through to concierge and housekeeping.
“This gives our students real-life experience in a very high profile organisation.  It’s not only related to the student’s degrees, but also to their potential career path,” said Dr Caroline Riot, First Year Coordinator at Griffith Business School.
“It gives them an edge because they’re being exposed to the ins and outs of everyday work life, within a supervised context.
“They’re being challenged by industry leaders who have a wealth of experience to share. They’re guided through in a very safe and structured way to gain the skills they need to get a start in this business.”
Neseema Mustapha, a Tourism and Hospitality student, said this was a fantastic opportunity.
“Although I have a

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A Queensland consortium led by Indooroopilly State High School and including Griffith University has been set up to foster a new generation of innovators in the state.
The international education initiative, involving some of the state’s leading organisations in education and industry, highlights Griffith’s commitment to and expertise in entrepreneurship and innovation.
The consortium will roll out an exciting, government-funded competition that gives students aged 14 to 21 all over Queensland the chance to bid for seed capital to fund enterprising ideas.
Shaping Queensland’s Entrepreneurs (SQE) project was announced by the Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment, Curtis Pitt as part of the state government’s new $6 million IET Partnership Fund to promote Queensland’s international education and training (IET) industry.
“The Student Innovation Challenge will seek entries from every corner of Queensland, with digital technology ensuring geography is not an obstacle to any students making a great pitch for funding,” Professor Nick Barter,

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