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Monthly Archives: July 2014
IR reform should have same priority as tax reform
Jessica Irvine has a great piece in the News Limited media today on how Tony Abbott must act now to reverse Australia’s economic demise. I agree with her that reforming the tax system is extremely important, but I’m surprised she … Continue reading
Good news for regional Qld if Carmichael mine goes ahead – jobs market weaker than in SEQ
The big news for the Queensland economy today is the Federal Government’s approval, subject to meeting environmental conditions, of Adani’s massive Carmichael Coal and Rail Project. There are, however, doubts about whether the project remains economically viable given the downturn … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Productivity and Privatisation – panel discussion at Griffith University, Southbank
I was delighted to speak alongside productivity expert Dean Parham at a Griffith University panel discussion earlier tonight on productivity and privatisation. Thanks to Alex Robson of Griffith for organising the excellent, well-attended event. My prepared remarks are below. I … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Queensland Government
Tagged assetsales, aurizon, csenergy, energex, ergon, privatisation, qld, queensland, stanwell, strongchoices
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Unclear whether Qld Govt will have evidence needed to win asset sales debate
The Queensland Government is right to have begun advertising for advisers on asset sales, to ensure that assets such as CS Energy and Stanwell are sold in a timely fashion after the next election (Government advertises for asset sales advisors). The … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure
Tagged assetsales, csenergy, privatisation, qld, queensland, stanwell, strongchoices
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Qld has three of top five regional areas with most expensive residential lots
The Housing Industry Association released a very interesting note today on median lot prices in capital cities and regional Australia (i.e. non-Capital City Australia): Land price pressures signal policy failure. The data should prompt a number of Queensland Councils to review their … Continue reading
Posted in Gold Coast, Housing, Mackay
Tagged development, goldcoast, hia, housing, mackay, qld, queensland, residentialland, residentiallots, sunshinecoast
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Reality check for Townsville – no metropolis of 1 million before end of century
Judging by recent articles in the Townsville Bulletin, Townsville appears obsessed with the idea it will grow to 1 million people from its current population of just under 200,000. The Townsville Bulletin reported yesterday (Townsville tipped to hit 1 million … Continue reading
Posted in Townsville
Tagged population, populationprojections, townsville, townsvilleenterprise
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Wise words from the PC on capital/asset recycling
I’ve been a strong supporter of the Queensland Government’s privatisation agenda, but have been unimpressed by the Strong Choices campaign promoting the agenda, which is uninformative and based on questionable logic. In its just-released Public Infrastructure Inquiry Report, the Productivity … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government
Tagged assetrecycling, assetsales, capitalrecycling, infrastructure, privatisation, qld, queensland, strongchoices
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