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Monthly Archives: May 2020
Economic impact of COVID-19 & policy responses webinar for QUT Centre for Data Science
The video recording of a webinar on the economic impact of COVID-19 I participated in last Friday is now available. The other panellists were Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute, Griffith Professor Tony Makin, and QUT Professor Pascalis Raimondos. My … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Gold Coast, Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, cairns, coronavirus, covid-19, goldcoast, grattaninstitute, griffith, hospitality, portdouglas, qld, queensland, qut, tourism, unitedstates
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Qld-NSW border war (of words) chat with Joe Branigan from Tulipwood Economics
Currently, the big economic debate in Queensland concerns the border with NSW, which remains closed to interstate visitors. Earlier today I spoke with my old friend and former Treasury colleague Joe Branigan, Director of Tulipwood Economics, who thinks the border … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged border, coronavirus, covid-19, economy, nrl, nsw, publicpolicy, qld, queensland, tourism
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ABC Brisbane JobKeeper bungle interview – $60bn error hugely embarrassing but actually good news
On 612 ABC Brisbane yesterday morning I mentioned to host Bec Levingston my first reaction to hearing the news about the $60 billion JobKeeper forecasting bungle was sympathy for my former Treasury colleagues. It’s hugely embarrassing, but actually good news … Continue reading
US infrastructure: lessons from Australia, with Darren Brady Nelson – Economics Explained EP36
I recently spoke with Darren Brady Nelson about his new Heartland Institute Policy Brief How to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure: lessons from Australia. You can now listen to our conversation which I’ve published as Economics Explained EP36. Darren is an … Continue reading
Posted in Competition policy, Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged airports, america, assetrecycling, competition, efficiency, heartlandinstitute, infrastructure, monopoly, nationalcompetitionpolicy, ncp, optus, privatization, productivitycommission, telecommunications, telstra, us, usa, vodafone
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Chat with CCIQ’s Jack Baxter on collapse in business conditions & confidence
I spoke with CCIQ Economic and Policy Advisor Jack Baxter earlier today regarding the corona-crisis-induced collapse in business conditions and confidence reported in the March quarter Suncorp-CCIQ Pulse Survey report. Business conditions and confidence are at their worst levels in … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, brisbane, cairns, cciq, coronavirus, covid-19, goldcoast, hospitality, landtax, manufacturing, payrolltax, pulse, qld, qldeconomy, queensland, stampduty, suncorp, tourism
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ABC radio comments re. Virgin: QIC needs to think for itself and resist any gov’t pressure
The current investigation of a potential investment in Virgin Australia will be a defining moment for the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC). On ABC radio yesterday morning, I told host Bec Levingston that QIC needs to show it can act as … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, bailout, coronavirus, covid-19, qic, qldgovernment, queensland, regionalqld, tourism, virgin
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Qld jobless rate at 6.8% but effectively over 10%
This afternoon I caught up with Ben Scott, who works as a Research Assistant in my business Adept Economics, to discuss the April Labour Force data published by the ABS today, as well as the possible shape of the eventual … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, australia, employment, jobs, participationrate, qld, queensland, unemployment, unemploymentrate
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Working from home during & after the pandemic with Alison Pennington – podcast interview
Earlier this week I interviewed Alison Pennington, Senior Economist at the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute, about the opportunities and risks of working from home during this time of COVID-19. Alison has been getting a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Productivity, Uncategorized
Tagged agency, coronavirus, covid-19, economics, gigeconomy, mentalhealth, newnormal, productivity, psychology, socialisolation, surveillance, upwork, wellbeing, whs, workingfromhome
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Economic impact of COVID-19 – upcoming QUT/QAAS webinar
I’m a panellist on an upcoming webinar on Friday 22 May on The economic impact of COVID-19 and the likely short and long run economic impacts of the policy responses to it. The webinar is free and is part of … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged agriculture, coronavirus, covid-19, grattaninstitute, qaas, qld, qldeconomy, queensland, qut, retailtrade, tourism, usq
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