Gene Tunny

Gene Tunny is an economist, with his own Brisbane-based consultancy

practice, Adept Economics. He formerly worked as an official in the

Commonwealth Treasury and in the Queensland public service in various

departments. In 2016, Gene was the co-course leader for the Australia Awards

short-course Strengthening Public Policy Processes for Emerging Leaders in the

Indonesian Ministry of Finance, delivered at the University of Queensland

(UQ), Brisbane and in Bandung, West Java. He is a frequent media

commentator on Queensland economic and budgetary issues and has his

own blog, Queensland Economy Watch. Gene is the current Vice-President

of the Queensland branch of the Economic Society of Australia. He is a

graduate of UQ with a first class honours degree and university medal in

economics.