Mirella Atherton

Mirella is an academic lecturer and researcher at the University of Newcastle. She has worked for the Australian Government. Mirella's key aim is to protect consumers in financial transactions. Mirella specialises in Banking and Finance Law. Her current projects include:

Fraud and scams
Responsible lending to vulnerable consumers
Compulsory income management for welfare recipients
Privacy of financial data in the banking and finance
Data breach
Financial hardship and financial abuse
Economic shock following a disaster
Gambling with credit

Experience

  • –present
    Senior Lecturer in Law , University of Newcastle

Education

  • 2004 
    University of Newcastle, PhD

Contact Mirella for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision