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Author Archives: Gene Tunny
Senate inquiry should consider impact of heritage protection on housing affordability
I was pleased to see the Queensland Government note, in its submission (available on the submissions page) to the Federal Senate Inquiry into Affordable Housing in Australia, that “local government must be more responsive and flexible if improved housing affordability is to … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, abc, brisbane, heritage, heritageprotection, housing, qld, queensland, queenslanders
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Should Townsville port long-term lease earnings be earmarked for NQ?
It would be poor public policy to earmark the earnings from the long-term leasing out of the Port of Townsville for investment in North Queensland, as desired by Townsville community leaders. The Townsville Bulletin reports today: A LONG-TERM lease on the … Continue reading
Posted in Townsville, Transport
Tagged northqueensland, nq, ports, qld, queensland, townsville, townsvilleport
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Grattan report shows need for permanent budget measures, not temporary debt levy
The highly regarded think tank the Grattan Institute yesterday released the 2014 update of its excellent Budget pressures on Australian Governments report. The report makes it clear that Governments need to take permanent measures to repair budgets, not short-term fixes … Continue reading
Weekend reading and listening – 3-4 May 2014
Recording of my interview by Pat Hession on Townsville radio on the National Commission of Audit report: Reworking the Budget Excellent article on how to save money on pharmaceutical benefits spending: PBS savings: two sides of the coin Great paper from the CIS’s … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged australia, budget, capitalism, inequality, pbs, qld, queensland, schoolfunding, schools, tourism
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Commission of Audit report brings back memories of Fightback!
The Federal Treasury and Finance Departments have been very influential in shaping the National Commission of Audit report released yesterday. It targets a lot of expenditure items and Government bodies that Treasury in particular doesn’t like, such as industry assistance … Continue reading
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Will laneway cafes revive Townsville CBD?
Some Townsville business people appear excited by the prospect of laneway developments in Townsville CBD, which has struggled for years to compete as a retail centre against the big suburban shopping centres at Aitkenvale and Willows (see CBD set to … Continue reading
Posted in Retail trade, Townsville
Tagged aitkenvale, laneway, lanewayculture, townsville, willows
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ABC radio interview on the debt tax and paid parental leave
Company Director and advisor Monica Bradley and I joined Steve Austin on 612 ABC Brisbane radio this morning to talk about paid parental leave, the debt tax and the upcoming Federal Budget more broadly. Is a paid parental leave scheme … Continue reading
Brisbane Times article on asset sales
I’m quoted in a Brisbane Times article today regarding asset sales: Asset sales divide economists – but they are united in saying ‘Strong Choices’ is flawed I re-iterated the same points I’ve made over the last couple of weeks: that asset … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government
Tagged assetsales, privatisation, qld, queensland
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CommSec State of States report misleading on population growth
CommSec’s State of the States report is a PR exercise for the Commonwealth Bank rather than a serious piece of economic analysis. As I’ve posted on before, its methodology is daft and gives weird results (Ask a silly question, get … Continue reading
Posted in Population
Tagged demography, population, populationgrowth, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, stateofstates
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Higher incidence of long-term unemployment in outer metro areas, Qld outback and Wide Bay
Around one-in-five of the 150,000 or so unemployed people in Queensland have been out of work for one year or more, corresponding to around 30,000 people, according to ABS labour force data. There is considerable variation in the incidence of … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Labour market
Tagged abs, labourforce, longtermunemployment, ltu, outback, qld, queensland, unemployment, widebay
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