Monthly Archives: August 2011

Retail trading hours restrictions holding back retailers

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Gene Tunny

The Productivity Commission’s report on online retailing, released today, finds the $1,000 GST threshold is only a minor issue and the bigger issues are over-regulation in industrial relations and retail trading hours. The Commission identifies Queensland, SA and WA as … Continue reading →

Posted in Retail trade, Tax | 3 Comments

Markets over-react as usual

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Gene Tunny

The 2008 financial crisis shattered any illusions I had about the rationality of financial markets, which appear to consistently over-react to new information, even if it is trivial compared with the long-run trends that are at play. Hence I am … Continue reading →

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High speed rail to cost $100 billion (meaning proposal is DOA)

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Gene Tunny

At a cost of $30-40 billion, the National Broadband Network (NBN) appears cheap compared with the latest high speed rail proposal (High-speed eastern rail link to cost $100 billion): A FEDERAL government report into high-speed rail along Australia’s eastern seaboard … Continue reading →

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Mining multiplier effect in Rocky

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Gene Tunny

With tens of billions of dollars of investment projects on their way, the Queensland resources boom is set to transform our State over the coming years, and the wealth is sure to spread to many of our regional cities and … Continue reading →

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