Dr Thea Voogt
Dr Thea Voogt is an Associate Professor in Income Tax Law in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, at the University of Queensland (UQ).
Thea’s research focuses on agricultural income tax policy tools, the impact of climate change on the financial fortitude of farming families and government support for the agricultural industry.
About Thea
Dr Thea Voogt is an Associate Professor in Income Tax Law in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, at the University of Queensland (UQ). She is the Director of Business Law at the TC Beirne School of Law and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). Thea is a chartered accountant, registered with Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand. She holds a Doctorate in Financial Management and a Master of International Commercial Law (UQ).
Thea’s research focuses on agricultural income tax policy tools, the impact of climate change on the financial fortitude of farming families and government support for the agricultural industry. Thea has led a unique pilot study of sheep and beef-cattle farms in Central Western Queensland, which has been instrumental in understanding the financial and tax position of farmers in the context of the legal structures they use to operate their businesses. She has a particular interest in the rich history of agricultural taxation in Australia.
She is an academic member of the UQ Law School Pro Bono Centre and a member of the Pro Bono Centre Regional Rural Remote Steering Committee.
Thea is an award-winning law teacher. She is the recipient of the prestigious UQ Business, Economics & Law Faculty Teaching Award and a joint recipient of the Business, Economics & Law Faculty Award for Excellence in Citizenship (Innovation). She was a recipient of the UQ Law School's ‘Inspired Me to Learn Award’ and the Award for Teaching Excellence in an undergraduate compulsory course. Most recently, she was appointed as the Convenor of the Law School Panel of Teaching Observers.
Prior to joining UQ, Thea was the CEO (Principal Officer) of the superannuation funds of the University of Johannesburg, a Professor in Accounting and a senior executive who managed large tenders for this institution. Throughout her career in South Africa, she was closely involved with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, serving as a sought-after speaker, researcher, and examiner for the national qualifying exams for chartered accountants. Thea also held a Ministerial appointment to the Board of the South African Qualifications Authority (equivalent to Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency – TEQSA).