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Author Archives: Gene Tunny
‘Hollywood Australia’ supported by generous tax credits and other government subsidies
The Australian is reporting ‘Hollywood Australia’ a $1.5bn movie blockbuster extravaganza, covering the surge in international film productions such as Thor: Love and Thunder filming in Australia. This is partly related to Australia’s success in managing COVID and also to … Continue reading
Posted in Industry policy, Tax
Tagged australia, corporatewelfare, cronycapitalism, economics, filmindustry, foxstudios, government, hollywood, industryassistance, louisiana, subsidies, taxcredits, usa, villageroadshow
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Post-JobKeeper viability a concern of many Qld businesses
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) has released its CCIQ Pulse Survey of Business Conditions for December quarter 2020, and it shows a continuation of the recovery in the second half of 2020 in business conditions and confidence … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Macroeconomy
Tagged cairns, cciq, economicoutlook, insolvencies, internationaltourism, jobkeeper, pulse, qldeconomy, savings, tourism, whitsundays
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Qld frontline police per capita down nearly 4% since 2013-14, PC ROGS report reveals
The number of Police Service operational staff per capita has fallen nearly 4% since 2013-14, from 296 per 100,000 people in 2013-14 to 285 per 100,000 people in 2019-20 (see chart below). That’s according to the very useful and somewhat … Continue reading
Posted in Queensland Government
Tagged crime, pc, police, policeservices, qld, rogs, youthcrime
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Pick up in net internal migration to regional Qld
Yesterday’s post covered the surge in net interstate migration to Queensland during the pandemic. The surge reflects: a) departures from Queensland to other states falling a lot (by 16% in September quarter 2020 compared with September quarter 2019), which could … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Migration
Tagged abs, greaterbrisbane, internalmigration, netinterstatemigration, netintrastratemigration, qld, regionalqld
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A closer look at the surge in net interstate migration to Qld in September quarter 2020
Earlier this week, Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles was excited by the latest interstate migration data from the ABS, as reported by the Brisbane Times: Queensland’s acting Premier has pointed to migration data showing a surge in new residents as … Continue reading
Posted in Migration
Tagged abs, coronavirus, covid-19, interstatemigration, nsw, pandemic, qld, queensland, victoria
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My takeaways from QAO Energy Report: Qld Gov’t should have offloaded energy assets years ago and NEM is dysfunctional
The Queensland Audit Office’s Energy 2020 Financial Report has been making news (e.g. in the Brisbane Times), although not for the same reasons I think it’s important. It demonstrates, to me at least, that Queenslanders are worse off because the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged csenergy, electricity, energy, gas, nem, qao, qldgovernment, qldtreasury, renewableenergy, renewables, stanwell, swanbanke
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Fiscal Stimulus with Fabrizio Carmignani – my latest Economics Explored podcast episode
Fiscal stimulus is very topical worldwide, with the new US President Joe Biden proposing a US$1.9 trillion COVID relief and stimulus package. And, in Australia, there is a debate occurring over how to support the tourism sector once JobKeeper finishes … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Macroeconomy
Tagged australia, cashhandouts, debt, debttogdp, deficits, fiscalpolicy, fiscalstimulus, inflation, jobkeeper, macroeconomicpolicy, macroeconomics, mmt, modernmonetarytheory, multiplier, ruddmoney, stimulus, surpluses, usa
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Most houses approved in one month in Qld since time of high interstate migration in 90s
The Housing Industry Association was quick to proclaim Detached Building Approvals Reach Record High after the ABS published the December building approvals data today. “Detached building approvals” are approvals for houses, as opposed to approvals for apartments or townhouses. Obviously, … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged abs, banks, buildingapprovals, buildingindustry, construction, corelogic, gdp, gsp, homebuilder, houseprices, interstatemigration, jobkeeper, jobseeker, monetarypolicy, propertyprices, qld, queensland, rba
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Qld artisan liquor and craft beer bill could be much more ambitious
Regular QEW reader Andrew Aschman has alerted me to a current Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into a bill which, among other things, would make it easier for artisan distillers and craft brewers to sell their products on or off their premises … Continue reading
Posted in Retail trade
Tagged alchohol, artisanliquor, craftbeer, craftbrewers, grog, hooch, iga, independentgrocers, liquor, qldgovernment, retailtrade, supermarkets
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Federal quarantine facilities in remote areas should be considered after repeated failures of state-run inner city hotel quarantine
Now that COVID has escaped from inner-city hotels in four cities, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth, our governments should finally realise we need to do things differently. Otherwise our economic recovery will be jeopardised by repeated “short, sharp” lockdowns that … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged australia, brisbane, coronavirus, covid-19, hotelquarantine, melbourne, perth, queensland
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Queensland Economy Watch 