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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Why is training in oil & gas drilling fee-free?
The Queensland Government’s blueprint for reform of vocational education and training (VET), Great Skills Real Opportunities, which was released in June last year, goes a long way toward creating a more efficient and responsive VET sector, but falls short in … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Labour market, Mining
Tagged oil&gas, qld, queensland, tafe, training, VET
4 Comments
Rent auctions linked to constraints on inner city development
A story in mX yesterday afternoon highlighted an unnecessary law against so-called rent auctions: Brisbane’s rental squeeze is forcing prospective tenants to offer landlords extra cash to secure a place to live. As competition for properties in the inner city … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged brisbane, heritage, qld, queensland, queenslanders, rentalproperties, rentauctions, rents
8 Comments
Regional infrastructure plan should be based on updated population projections
Having spent the first fifteen years of my life in Townsville, I’m a great supporter of regional Queensland, but as an economist I think the Government needs to do some further analysis before it commits large amounts of money to … Continue reading
Posted in Population, Queensland Government, Townsville
Tagged infrastructure, qld, qldplan, queensland, queenslandplan, regionalqld, regions, seq
7 Comments
Chinese tourism boom for Cairns?
Cairns business leaders have been pinning their hopes on a surge in Chinese tourism for a while now, and they remain confident according to a Cairns Post report from yesterday (Could Cairns be on the cusp of a Chinese tourism … Continue reading
Qld Govt should implement cycling inquiry recommendation on helmets
This afternoon’s Brisbane mX newspaper ran a front page story on the struggling CityCycle bike hire scheme: Brisbane’s bike hire scheme has become a “gimmick” for visitors, with only one in four regular riders taking a subscription for longer than … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
Qld jobs market remains sluggish – unlikely trend unemployment rate fell last month
Today’s labour force data from the ABS confirmed that the jobs market remains sluggish, with Queensland’s unemployment rate at 5.9 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms. Unfortunately, the ABS data aren’t very precise for Queensland and it’s hard to have … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, employment, jobs, jobsmarket, labourforcesurvey, labourmarket, lfs, qld, queensland, unemploymentrate
2 Comments
Good pick up in home loans in Qld over 2013
I agree with MacroBusiness’s assessment (New home finance takes a breather) that the number of loans for the construction or purchase of new houses, which is linked closely with the health of the building industry, picked up in Queensland over … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged abs, homeloans, housing, housingfinance, mortgages, qld, queensland
3 Comments