Monthly Archives: May 2015

Budget measures insufficient to avoid risk of permanent deficits

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Tonight’s Federal Budget will be very disappointing, as the expected measures do not go anywhere near enough to reducing the risk that Australia will end up in a state of permanent deficit, as I’ve previously suggested it would if we … Continue reading →

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Making do with less – speech notes and slides

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Tonight I spoke at the Pro Bono Econos Third Sector Talks at QUT’s Gardens Theatre on the challenges facing not-for-profit organisations in these fiscally lean times and how economists can help. My slides are available to download (Making do with … Continue reading →

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Qld retail trade grows strongly in March quarter – good sign economy is re-balancing post-mining boom

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Gene Tunny

The latest retail turnover data released by the ABS today confirm my view that growing consumption spending will help offset the negative impacts of the end of the mining boom (see my speech on the end of the mining boom). … Continue reading →

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End of the mining boom – speech notes and slides

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Gene Tunny

In Brisbane today, in the theatre of Morgans Financial Limited, along with Griffith’s Tony Makin and Morgans’ Michael Knox, I spoke on “The end of the mining boom”, at an event organised by Griffith’s APEC Study Centre. My slides are … Continue reading →

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Residential building will help economy adjust to end of mining boom

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Gene Tunny

March quarter building approvals figures released by the ABS today show that the residential building industry, no doubt encouraged by very low interest rates,  will help the economy adjust to the end of the mining boom (see the Queensland data … Continue reading →

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Privatised electricity businesses would better achieve necessary efficiencies

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Gene Tunny

It’s been clear for some time that the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) would make large cuts to future allowable revenues for Energex and Ergon, and that this would potentially impact Queensland Government dividend income. The preliminary determinations from the AER … Continue reading →

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