QUT has a range of experts leading up to and during the G20 Leaders' Summit who are available for comment.
Finance:
Tax reform: multinational tax avoidance and tax reform
Professor Kerrie Sadiq: 3138 4236, kerrie.sadiq@qut.edu.au (QUT media 0407 585 901)
International economics, multinational enterprises and foreign investor strategies, ongoing global crisis and inadequacy of G20 agenda.
Dr Mark McGovern 3138 1013, m.mcgovern@qut.edu.au (QUT media 0407 585 901)
Power and inequality: economic globalisation, global power relationships, politics of exclusion, land grabs
Dr Carol Richards: c6.richards@qut.edu.au (QUT media 0407 585 901)
Twitter:
The social media channel of choice for rapid commentary. The QUT Social Media Research Group recently completed the world's first comprehensive survey of the global and Australian Twitterspheres. In a first for any G20 event, they will mine and analyse all G20-related tweets and Instagram posts issued from inside the declared areas, plotting them on an interactive map the public can access. They will also run a G20 Hypometer, which tracks the G20 countries people are most tweeting about.
Dr Peta Mitchell (G20 map): 3138 8007, peta.mitchell@qut.edu.au (QUT media 0407 585 901)
Dr Darryl Woodford (G20 Hypometer): dp.woodford@qut.edu.au (QUT media 0407 585 901)
Katie Prowd (G20 Hypometer): k2.prowd@qut.edu.au (QUT media 0407 585 901)
Protest and justice:
There are many issues, national and international, that could spark protest but does the G20 represent an opportunity for Australia to display a social democratic approach to protest? What do protestors hope to achieve and what are the new laws surrounding protest and associated justice issues?
Professor Kerry Carrington: 3138 7112, kerry.carrington@qut.edu.au (QUT media 0407 585 901)
Associate Professor Mark Lauchs: 3138 7130, 0439 711360, m.lauchs@qut.edu.au
Politics:
As all political parties gear up for the Queensland state election next year what impact will the G20 have on the voting population? What does the G20 mean federally and how do voters perceive the Abbott - Putin situation?
Professor Clive Bean: 3138 4512, 0414 492 149, c.bean@qut.edu.au
Public transport:
Translink's G20 public transport plan makes best use of rail diverting Gold Coast and Cleveland trains along the inner western line and over the Brisbane River at Indooroopilly.
Associate Professor Jonathan Bunker: 3138 5086, j.bunker@qut.edu.au (QUT media 0407 585 901)
Retail/business:
With Brisbane in the spotlight, extra visitors should have positive impact on retail, hotels, restaurants, bars. G20 will have a trickle-down effect as people make holiday plans now, so Brisbane should expect to see extra foot traffic through December, January and February.
Dr Gary Mortimer: 3138 5084, 0448 048 433, gary.mortimer@qut.edu.au
Visit The Cube at QUT:
QUT has developed, The Cube Globe, a world-first display that showcases Queensland to G20 delegates and visitors. Purpose-built for The Cube, the world's largest digital interactive installation based at QUT's Gardens Point campus, the spatial platform displays a vast amount of the Queensland Government's open data sets and satellite imagery so G20 visitors can easily explore trade and investment opportunities within Queensland.
Gavin Winter: 3138 9128, g.winter@qut.edu.au, (QUT media 0407 585 901)
Media contact: Rose Trapnell, QUT media officer, 07 3138 2361 or 0407 585 901 rose.trapnell@qut.edu.au
