Monthly Archives: March 2015

Qld economy hit by declines in both private and public sector capital spending

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Gene Tunny

It was unsurprising that the National Accounts data released by the ABS today showed the Australian economy continuing to grow at a sub-trend rate (2.5% through-the-year), and that Queensland was enduring a large shock from a decline in resources sector … Continue reading →

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Apartment & townhouse approvals double in January – catch up or over-shoot in supply?

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Gene Tunny

The massive surge in apartment and townhouse approvals in January reported by the ABS today (chart above) is welcome news for the Queensland building industry and people looking to buy or rent an apartment in inner city Brisbane, where much … Continue reading →

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Upcoming event on Steel on Steel – inside story of privatisation of QR’s freight arm

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Gene Tunny

In a post earlier this year, I discussed Stephen Baines’s excellent insider’s account of the privatisation of Queensland Rail’s freight arm, Steel on Steel. Not coincidentally, the Economic Society of Australia’s Queensland branch, of which I’m Deputy Secretary, has arranged … Continue reading →

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MOOCs a game changer for universities – UQ lecture by Roly Sussex OAM

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Our very own University of Queensland is a world leader in MOOCs. (Image attribution: By James Dover (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons) Last Thursday night, at the University of Queensland’s Customs House in Brisbane, Emeritus Professor … Continue reading →

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