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Another example of the high cost of free parking in Toowong
Poor economics is at the core of the latest parking dispute in the leafy Brisbane western suburb of Toowong, particularly a misunderstanding about property rights and the lack of a price mechanism for allocating the car parks (see Toowong commuters … Continue reading
Posted in Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged brisbane, carparking, parkingpermits, pricemechanism, propertyrights, qr, railway, toowong, toowongstation, toowongvillage
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Comments on asset sales/privatisation in Saturday’s Courier-Mail
At the IAQ Infrastructure Summit in Brisbane on Thursday last week, several participants lamented that Queensland was missing out on the benefits of so-called asset recycling that NSW and Victoria were expecting. The privatisation issue will not die in Queensland, … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged assetsales, couriermail, iaq, infrastructure, nsw, privatisation, qld, queensland, victoria
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Treasury dumps wellbeing framework & defines principal objectives around Budget, productivity and globalisation
Of the many outstanding contributions that former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry made to public policy in Australia, one of my favourites was the wellbeing framework. This framework established Treasury’s goal as improving the wellbeing of Australians, and identified five elements … Continue reading
Many accounting & financial services businesses being held back by poor understanding of laws of success
Last Wednesday, at the Brisbane offices of Macpherson Kelley Lawyers, I attended a presentation by Macquarie on its 2015-16 Accounting and Financial Services Benchmarking Report, which is based on survey data collected from 355 accounting and financial services firms across … Continue reading
Posted in Productivity, Uncategorized
Tagged 10xrule, accounting, australia, benchmarking, financialservices, macquarie, profitability, sales
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Pets are good for your health, the Budget and the economy
Bondi Vet Dr Chris Brown has noted: “…pets make us happy. They wash away our worries while showing us how life should be lived. And pets are proven to also make us healthier.” Pets also have economic and budgetary impacts, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Health, Housing, Uncategorized
Tagged budget, chum, mars, pets, qld, queensland, stratatitle, whiskas
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Heavy criticism of Qld’s infrastructure deficit at IAQ Infrastructure Summit
Government ministers should accept speaking invitations at important conferences so they can communicate with industry and the public, and, also, so they can deny Opposition members 20 minute speaking slots in which they can criticise the Government’s performance. That is … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged iaq, infrastructure, qld, queensland
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Subsidiarity principle suggests Qld Government should let West Village proceed in current form
In today’s Courier-Mail, commenting on the Deputy Premier’s call in for State Government review of an $800 Million West End development, Steve Wardill observes that “WITH the case of the West Village development call-in, Jackie Trad was damned if she … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Uncategorized
Tagged bcc, brisbane, brisbanecitycouncil, deputypremier, jackietrad, qld, queensland, southbrisbane, westend, westvillage
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Upcoming lecture on whether Australia should have a Royal Commission into banking
Last month in Perth, at the WA Local Government Association Convention, I was lucky enough to hear a speech by former Australian Chief of Army David Morrison, in which he asked what comes to mind when you hear the words … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, banks, boq, cba, macquarie, royalcommission, stormfinancial, walga
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Weekly highlights: BDO Economic & Political Update and ESA Qld-Nine Squared CBA seminar
It was a fantastic week to be an economist in Brisbane, with two excellent events, the BDO Economic & Political Update on Tuesday morning at BCEC and the ESA Qld-Nine Squared seminar on Cost-benefit analysis in contemporary project evaluation at … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged bdo, budget, cba, cciq, costbenefitanalysis, debt, qld, queensland
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Good news for the economy as Qld businesses increase investment in machinery & equipment
Despite having some weak regional economies, particularly in the Townsville and Queensland outback regions, the State economy overall recorded reasonably healthy growth in State Final Demand in the June quarter of 0.7 percent in seasonally adjusted terms. This is very … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Mining, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, australia, mining, qld, qldeconomy, qldoutback, queensland, sfd, townsville
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Queensland Economy Watch 