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Category Archives: Brisbane
Why Greg Chappell came to Qld in 1973
It was about time that cricketing legend Greg Chappell, arguably Australia’s most elegant batsman after Bradman, received an Australia Day Award. Chappell’s 2011 autobiography, Fierce Focus, is well worth reading, and Queensland readers would be particularly interested in chapter 14, … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane
Tagged adelaide, brisbane, cricket, gregchappell, kerrypacker, qld, queensland, worldseriescricket
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Line of 200 people for Gaythorne open house evidence of relative lack of suitable properties in Brisbane – partly due to restrictive zoning policies
Historic low interest rates and easy access to housing finance, combined with a relative lack of suitable properties in Brisbane’s middle-ring suburbs due to zoning policies, have combined to create an odd sight at suburban Gaythorne on Brisbane’s North-side today, … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Housing
Tagged brisbane, buildingapprovals, coronavirus, covid-19, gaythorne, heritageprotection, housing, interestrates, lending, propertymarket, zoning
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Qld CHO emergency powers extension bill submission
Yesterday 5pm was the deadline for submissions to the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into the bill to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency and the Chief Health Officer’s emergency powers until 30 September. Queensland’s Parliament has only one chamber and the … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Macroeconomy
Tagged brisbane, coronavirus, covid-19, economy, grandchancellor, lockdowns, mentalhealth, publichealth, qldparliament, ukmutantstrain
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Qld Premier right to call for review of national hotel quarantine arrangements
The Grand Chancellor Hotel in Spring Hill is around the corner and up the hill, around a 300m walk, from my office at the Johnson Hotel on Boundary St. I never imagined it would end up being the place from … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane
Tagged australia, coronavirus, covid-19, grandchancellor, lockdowns, qld, quarantine, queensland, springhill
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Ten years since the 2011 floods
Ten years ago today, a swelling Brisbane River flooded the city, and made us question whether we really needed that $9 billion of climate-resilient water infrastructure the state government had commissioned in the middle of the drought, when there were … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Floods
Tagged brisbane, brisbane2011flood, brisbaneriver, citycat, qld, queensland, seqwatercrisis, seqwatergrid, watercrisis
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Thoughts after first full day of Brisbane lockdown
Twenty-seven hours into it, I’m still doubtful about the wisdom of the Greater Brisbane lockdown, especially on a day when no new COVID community transmission cases were announced, and on a day when, bizarrely, our Premier appeared to celebrate her … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Queensland Government
Tagged brisbane, coronavirus, covid, felons, greaterbrisbanelockdown, lockdown2.0, precautionaryprinciple, qldgovernment, uk, usa
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Brisbane Lockdown 2.0 – the sequel no one wanted
To keep Queenslanders safe, our state government has decided to lock down the over2 million residents of Greater Brisbane for the next three days, but its sudden, unexpected announcement at 8am sparked immediate panic buying in our supermarkets, and an … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Budget, Macroeconomy, Queensland Government
Tagged brisbane, coronavirus, covid, debt, greaterbrisbane, incomecontingentloan, jobkeeper, lockdown, mutantcovid, qldeconomy, qldgovernment, socialcontract, ukmutantstrain, uq
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Bulk of coal mining jobs in Central Qld, but Brisbane has 2-3K
Last Wednesday, I was pleased to note that the Chinese ban on Australian thermal coal appears to have had little impact so far (check out Pick up in thermal coal prices over last month). This is good news especially for … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Mining
Tagged abs, centralqld, china, coalmining, isaac, qldtreasury, qrc, queensland, tai, thermalcoal
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Brisbane Inner City still the biggest beneficiary of Qld Gov’t CAPEX
Following last year’s state budget, I posted on how Brisbane’s inner city was the big winner regarding state government capital spending. That continues in 2020-21 with the continuation of the huge Cross River Rail project (see chart below). Out of … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Budget, Infrastructure
Tagged capex, capitalworks, crossriverrail, crr, innercity, innercitybrisbane, qldbudget, qldgovernment, qldoutback
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South Bank theatre with $25M cost blow out shouldn’t have been funded by Qld Gov’t in first place
Yesterday, the Brisbane Times reported COVID-19, airconditioning blamed for South Bank theatre cost blowout. The new $150 million state-government-provided theatre attached to QPAC at South Bank will cost an extra $25 million. And the project is less than one quarter … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane
Tagged brisbane, efficiency, equity, qldgovernment, qpac, queensland, southbank, theatre
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