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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Are GPs resistant to cost-effective health care for regional and remote Australians?
There are large differences in access to health care between Australians living in major cities and those living in regional and remote areas, as confirmed by 2013-14 ABS survey data on patient experiences published last Friday (see chart above). Of … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged ama, doctors, gp, grantthornton, health, healthcare, nursepractitioner, physicianassistant, regionalaustralia, remoteaustralia
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Qld Government likely to go into election campaign with weak economy
New ABS data released today show a large drop in engineering construction activity – i.e. the heavy construction activity that has been largely associated with the resources sector in recent years. At the same time as this drop is occurring, … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Macroeconomy, Mining
Tagged abs, building, buildingapprovals, construction, mining, qld, queensland, resources, unemployment, unemploymentrate
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Over 255,000 regulatory requirements imposed on Queenslanders
I was reminded the other day about the massive counting exercise the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) has commission regarding the burden of regulation – an exercise that has found over 255,000 regulatory requirements imposed on Queenslanders across State Government portfolios … Continue reading
Posted in Productivity
Tagged greentape, obpr, productivity, qca, qld, queensland, redtape, regulation, regulatoryburden
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Productivity push from Qld Govt needed after living standards growth stalls
Queensland Treasury econocrats should start investigating measures to improve our productivity performance, after ABS State Accounts data released on Friday confirmed a big slowdown in living standards growth over the last decade or so – measured, roughly I admit, by … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Productivity
Tagged abs, economicgrowth, gsp, mining, qld, qldtreasury, queensland
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Productivity Commission has scope to consider student visa rorts
One of my loyal readers often says to me that “Australians love a good rort”, and indeed there are several government policies and programs that allow rorting to various degrees. So I’m pleased that the fiercely independent Productivity Commission is … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged australia, education, highereducation, pc, productivitycommission, studentvisas, training, VET
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Nice introduction to business opportunities in China and elsewhere
The Australia-China free trade agreement is great news for the Queensland economy, with scheduled reductions in Chinese tariffs on coal and agricultural products from Australia. It will also provide opportunities for people in professional and financial services (see Max Mason’s … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, China, Mining, Trade
Tagged adelaide, agriculture, australia, brisbane, china, coal, fta, mining
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Update on regional unemployment in Queensland
As I’ve commented on before (Good news for regional Qld if Carmichael mine goes ahead – jobs market weaker than in SEQ), over the last twelve months or so, there has been a large difference in employment growth between SEQ … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market
Tagged brisbane, cairns, ipswich, qld, queensland, townsvile, unemployment, unemploymentrate, widebay
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Link to ABC radio interview on G20 and Expo 88
I expanded on the points I made in my post from early this morning (G20-Expo comparison is weird) in an interview on 612 ABC Brisbane by Steve Austin later in the morning, which you can listen to at this link: … Continue reading
G20-Expo comparison is weird – Expo was a positive economic shock, G20 is a negative one for Brisbane
The Science and Technology Minister’s comparison of G20 to Expo is weird (see the Brisbane Times report G20 will give Brisbane an Expo 88 boost – Minister). I won’t deny there might be some long-term benefits from connections made and … Continue reading
Queensland Economy Watch 