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Author Archives: Gene Tunny
Slowdown in Qld mining sector jobs growth, but no slump like in WA yet
MacroBusiness had a good post the other day (Where are the job gains and losses?) based on the detailed quarterly ABS labour force data released on Thursday. MacroBusiness’s charts show very slow growth in mining employment in Queensland and a … Continue reading
Queensland regional unemployment maps, May 2013
I’ve prepared some maps based on the ABS regional unemployment rate data released yesterday. I’ve taken the numbers from Queensland Treasury’s briefing on the data, which presents 12-month moving averages of the ABS data to smooth out the high degree … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Cairns, Labour market, Wide Bay-Burnett
Tagged abs, labourforce, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, treasury, unemployment, unemploymentrate
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Qld records respectable population growth in 2012 – still waiting for interstate migration rebound
In 2012, Queensland’s population grew 2.0% to 4.61 million people, a respectable growth rate but only slightly above the Australian population growth rate of 1.8% and much lower than WA’s growth rate of 3.5% (see Queensland Treasury’s nice briefing on … Continue reading
Posted in Migration, Population
Tagged abs, australia, demographics, interstatemigration, population, qld, queensland, wa
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Drum opinion piece – Taxpayer money wasted chasing film productions
The ABC’s The Drum has published an opinion piece of mine: Taxpayer money wasted chasing film productions I see very little merit in Government assistance to the film industry, apart from supporting the creation of genuine Australian content that helps … Continue reading
Posted in Industry policy
Tagged abc, australia, captainnemo, drum, filmindustry, industryassistance, queensland, seahawk
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Traditional small business lobby much smaller than it once was – should make trading hours deregulation easier
While thinking about retail trading hours the other day, it occurred to me again that the relative decline in traditional corner stores means that arguments in favour of maintaining trading hours restrictions are much less compelling. Across Australia there has … Continue reading
Posted in Retail trade
Tagged cornerstore, iga, queensland, retailtrade, tradinghours
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Odd that Treasury is proposing barrier to entry for financial advisers
My former colleagues at the Commonwealth Treasury can generally be relied upon to defend the free market, but occasionally they fail to do so, as appears to be the case with new legislation relating to financial planners reported on by … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged australia, financialadvisers, financialplanners, freetochoose, miltonfriedman, treasury
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Queensland Plan survey – a mix of interesting philosophical and misguided questions
I found time today to fill out the Queensland Plan survey, which is meant to inform the Government’s development of a 30-year vision for Queensland. I did my best to answer the somewhat vague questions, a couple of which are … Continue reading
24-hour retail trading inevitable and desirable
I was very pleased to read in today’s Sunday Mail that Woolworths will open a 24/7 store on Federal Government land at Brisbane airport, avoiding Queensland’s archaic trading hours restrictions. While the Attorney-General has suggested there needs to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Retail trade
Tagged brisbaneairport, qld, queensland, retailtrade, tradinghours, woolworths
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Public service cuts had only temporary impact on unemployment rate
It’s now clear that Queensland public service cuts have had only a temporary impact on the unemployment rate, as I expected and have previously posted on (see Temporary surge in unemployment due to public service cuts and spending restraint). While the unemployment … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, australia, labourforce, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, unemployment
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Is it the right time for a $5M Milton CityCat stop?
La Dolce Vita cafe on Park Rd, Milton is almost a second home to me and, given I live close to the Toowong CityCat stop, I’d benefit a great deal from the Brisbane City Council’s planned Milton CityCat stop (see … Continue reading
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