-
Join 1,182 other subscribers
-
Recent Posts
- AI, Productivity, and “Infinite Intelligence” – Conversation with Chris Berg and John Humphreys
- Borrowing to Pay Wages
- Interest Rates, Australia’s 3 Biggest Challenges, Global Fertility Crash, & the Tobin Tax Debate w/ John Humphreys, Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance
- Australia’s Productivity Problem: Can It Be Fixed? w/ John Humphreys, Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance
- Big Budget Challenge for New Qld Treasurer
Top Posts & Pages
- Is North Qld under-funded by the State Government relative to the South East?
- Heat map of Brisbane metro property prices – big opportunities in the Western corridor?
- Brisbane to have a denser inner city, but urban sprawl as well
- Top twenty largest cities and towns in Queensland by population
- Stadiums Qld is a financial drain
- Reflections on Gough Whitlam
- Which Qld regions are the most productive per capita?
- Why is Australia’s workforce participation rate at a record high of 66.1%?
- Townsville vs Cairns again
- Dr Parkinson right that the GST should be broadened
Archives
- August 2025
- July 2025
- June 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- December 2023
- October 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
Categories
- Agriculture
- Arts
- Basin Plan
- Brisbane
- Budget
- Cairns
- China
- Climate change
- Competition policy
- Crime
- Cyclones
- Education
- Energy
- Environment
- Exports
- Floods
- Gladstone
- Gold Coast
- Health
- Housing
- India
- Industry policy
- Infrastructure
- Ipswich
- IR
- Labour market
- Mackay
- Macroeconomy
- Media
- Migration
- Mining
- nfps
- North Queensland
- Population
- Productivity
- queensland
- Queensland Government
- Queensland Rail
- qut
- Retail trade
- Rockhampton
- Social policy
- Tax
- Toowoomba
- Tourism
- Townsville
- Trade
- Transport
- Uncategorized
- VET
- Water
- Wide Bay-Burnett
Blogroll
Author Archives: Gene Tunny
Regulations rushed through in Qld, as revealed by QPC Annual Report 2019-20
The Queensland Productivity Commission’s 2019-20 Annual Report has revealed a huge increase in the number of state government regulatory changes which have been excluded from the rigour of the normal regulatory assessment process (see chart below, which is based on … Continue reading
Posted in Queensland Government
Tagged cis, qldgovernment, qldtreasury, qpc, queensland, redtape, regulation
Leave a comment
The Precautionary Principle and COVID-19 – podcast conversation with Joe Branigan
The Precautionary Principle, which recommends an extreme “safety first” approach, is being used to justify the closure of state borders in Australia to deal with COVID-19. For instance, Justice Rangiah explicitly referred to a “precautionary approach” in his decision against … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cba, climatechange, coronavirus, costbenefitanalysis, covid-19, decisionmaking, economics, precautionaryprinciple, publicpolicy
3 Comments
Gov’t claims police boost “fully funded”, but won’t release full budget forward estimates
Earlier today, in announcing a huge boost to police staffing, expected to cost $624 million over five years, Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan commented (in the media release Palaszczuk Government to deliver an extra 2,025 police personnel): “Unlike the commitments … Continue reading
Auditor-General exposes deep flaws in Queensland’s governance
Queensland’s Auditor-General is having a big week, with the publication of hard-hitting reports into the latest Queensland Health IT bungle (see today’s Courier-Mail) and the Government’s economic response to COVID-19. The report on the economic response revealed a lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Macroeconomy
Tagged auditorgeneral, budget, coronavirus, covid-19, evaluation, policy, qao, qld, qldgovernment, queensland
1 Comment
Defence should never have been on the Qld-NSW border in the first place
Earlier this month, I was shocked when I landed in Bundaberg and was greeted by a police officer wanting to check I was a Queensland resident, but I guess I would have been even more shocked if I tried to … Continue reading
Posted in Tourism
Tagged act, adf, at, bundaberg, civilliberties, coronavirus, covid-19, defence, highcourt, nsw, qld, wa
2 Comments
Second GC motorway should have been built decades ago – BODBTN extract
It was good to see in a media statement yesterday the state government’s commitment to a second M1: The Palaszczuk Government’s economic recovery plan will be significantly boosted with a $755 million commitment to build the 16-kilometre stage one of … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Infrastructure, Transport
Tagged brisbane, gc, goldcoast, highway, infrastructure, m1, qld, queensland, roads, transport
2 Comments
Red tape and regulation – CIS On Liberty podcast
Yesterday I spoke with Associate Professor Salvatore Babones from Sydney Uni on my forthcoming Centre for Independent Studies Policy Paper Rationalising Regulation. You can watch our conversation on YouTube via the player below. Thanks to those readers who I know … Continue reading
Posted in Productivity
Tagged adani, australia, cis, economy, environment, epbcact, jobs, lawfare, productivity, qpc, redtape, regulation
Leave a comment
Qantas call for state gov’t incentives highlights the prisoners’ dilemma of interstate bidding wars
Queensland Government agencies such as Treasury and State Development will be busy developing an incentive package, no doubt containing payroll tax concessions and possibly a grant, to attract Qantas’s HQ. As the Australian reported yesterday: Qantas is asking state governments … Continue reading
Posted in Industry policy
Tagged industrypolicy, payrolltax, prisonersdilemma, productivitycommission, qantas, qca, qld, qldgovt
Leave a comment
Upcoming CIS livestream on Regulation and COVID this Thursday
This Thursday at 10am (AEST) I will appear on a CIS On Liberty livestream with Associate Professor Salvatore Babones (pictured on the thumbnail below) to discuss a forthcoming paper I’ve co-authored on Rationalising Regulation, part of the CIS’s Pandemic to … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged australia, cis, coronavirus, covid, ir, pandemic, prosperity, regulation
Leave a comment
Qld’s harsh border policy – a conversation with Joe Branigan
The biggest issue in Queensland right now is our harsh border policy, which I discussed earlier today with my good friend and former Treasury colleague Joe Branigan of Tulipwood Economics. Joe is the co-author with Dr Henry Ergas of the … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged act, border, coronavirus, covid-19, economy, health, nsw, policy, qld
Leave a comment
Queensland Economy Watch 