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JobKeeper has been stimulating in multiple ways – evidence from Lush Marcoola
Well done to Matty Holdsworth from the Sunshine Coast Daily for some excellent reporting on the Lush Marcoola brothel which was re-printed in today’s print edition of the Courier-Mail on p. 47: YOUNG men cashed up on JobKeeper payments kept … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged aviation, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, hospitality, jobkeeper, nationalaccounts, prostitution, tourism
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Industry wants changes to Qld CHO emergency powers extension bill
This afternoon, in a hearing of the Queensland Parliament’s Health and Environment Committee, Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) head Daniel Gschwind and CCIQ Policy and Advocacy GM Amanda Rohan both expressed major concerns about the Queensland Government’s bill to extend … Continue reading
Posted in Queensland Government
Tagged cciq, civilliberties, coronavirus, covid-19, industry, nsw, qld, qldparliament, qtic, tourism
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Why Qld’s unemployment rate is highest in nation despite better jobs recovery during pandemic than rest of Australia
When I spoke with Scott Emerson on his 4BC Drive program on Monday (see my Monday QEW post), he asked me how it was that Queensland could possibly have a higher unemployment rate than Victoria given the harsh restrictions they … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, australia, labourforcesurvey, lfs, participationrate, queensland, unemploymentrate
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Retail is Detail with Bruno Cortigiani of Merlai – my latest podcast episode
Although stimulus payments have helped Australia’s retail sector to a strong recovery in late 2020, the longer-term trend has not been great, and there have been concerns about a so-called Retail Apocalypse in Australia and other advanced economies. To thrive … Continue reading
Posted in Retail trade
Tagged customisation, ecommerce, economics, entrepreneurship, fashion, globalvaluechain, italy, madetomeasure, menswear, retail, retailapocalypse, retailtrade, smallbusiness, uniqlo, zara
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Upcoming Qld Parliamentary Committee appearance regarding COVID emergency and CHO powers on Friday
I am grateful to the Queensland Parliament’s Health and Environment Committee for inviting me to speak to the Committee this Friday 22 January regarding the Government’s bill to extend the COVID public health emergency and the Chief Health Officer’s extraordinary … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged chiefhealthofficer, coronavirus, covid-19, mentalhealth, publichealth, qld, qldparliament, queensland
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Chat with 4BC’s Scott Emerson about Qld economic outlook
I had a great chat this afternoon with 4BC Drive program presenter Scott Emerson about the Queensland economic outlook. Among other things, we chatted about the Deloitte Access Economics report which was nicely summarised by the Brisbane Times as ‘Queenslanders … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, economicoutlook, insolvencies, jbhifi, jobkeeper, jobseeker, qldeconomy, retailtrade
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On extension of CHO emergency powers, Griffith legal academic makes scathing submission to Parliamentary Committee
Submissions to the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into the extension of the COVID-19 public health emergency and the Chief Health Officer’s extraordinary powers have been published on the Parliamentary website. I can highly recommend a brilliant submission from Griffith Associate Professor … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged chiefhealthofficer, coronavirus, covid-19, griffith, publichealth, qld, qldparliament, queensland
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Line of 200 people for Gaythorne open house evidence of relative lack of suitable properties in Brisbane – partly due to restrictive zoning policies
Historic low interest rates and easy access to housing finance, combined with a relative lack of suitable properties in Brisbane’s middle-ring suburbs due to zoning policies, have combined to create an odd sight at suburban Gaythorne on Brisbane’s North-side today, … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Housing
Tagged brisbane, buildingapprovals, coronavirus, covid-19, gaythorne, heritageprotection, housing, interestrates, lending, propertymarket, zoning
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Circular economy chat with Craig Lawrence – my latest podcast episode
I recorded a great interview with my colleague Craig Lawrence of Lytton Advisory earlier this week on the concept of a Circular Economy, which is creeping into economic and environmental policy discussions and into government publications. For instance, the Circular … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged apple, circulareconomy, climatechange, consumers, consumption, economics, economy, environment, externalcosts, externalities, peakoil, pigouviantax, pollution, pricemechanism, products, productstewardship, resources, services, systems, tesla, waste
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Qld CHO emergency powers extension bill submission
Yesterday 5pm was the deadline for submissions to the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into the bill to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency and the Chief Health Officer’s emergency powers until 30 September. Queensland’s Parliament has only one chamber and the … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Macroeconomy
Tagged brisbane, coronavirus, covid-19, economy, grandchancellor, lockdowns, mentalhealth, publichealth, qldparliament, ukmutantstrain
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