Category Archives: Brisbane

Second GC motorway should have been built decades ago – BODBTN extract

Posted on September 21, 2020 by

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 →

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Gold Coast and Inner Brisbane the worst affected Qld regions in employment terms

Posted on August 26, 2020 by

According to the latest regional payroll jobs data released by the ABS today, in early August employment on the Gold Coast was still 6% below the level it was mid-March, before all the major COVID-related restrictions began (see chart below). … Continue reading →

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Imperative to avoid bad policy measures like super increase which would set back recovery

Posted on August 24, 2020 by

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is right to consider delaying the legislated increase in the 9.5% superannuation guarantee rate, which is scheduled to start increasing by half a percentage point each year from 1 July 2021 until it gets to 12%. … Continue reading →

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Qld’s regional economies & COVID-19 – video chat with Pete Faulkner

Posted on July 22, 2020 by

Earlier today I chatted with Pete Faulkner from Far-North-Queensland-based Conus Business Consultancy Services regarding how Queensland’s regional economies have been impacted by COVID-19. Check out the recording of our Zoom conversation below. You can download the slides we chatted about … Continue reading →

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Cross River Rail cost blowout means project doesn’t stack up

Posted on February 26, 2020 by

Based on recent Courier-Mail reports of a huge cost blowout, the Cross River Rail project could deliver a net loss to the community of around $5 billion, or almost $1,000 for every Queenslander.  The latest news about the troubled Cross … Continue reading →

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Priorities for boosting tourism in Qld

Posted on August 17, 2019 by

Veteran ad man Don Morris AO spoke to the Property Leaders Brisbane group at the swanky Emporium South Bank hotel on Thursday night about how Queensland can boost tourism. Morris, now at Pure Projects, was part of the Mojo Advertising … Continue reading →

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City of Brisbane Investment Corporation should be shut down

Posted on May 29, 2019 by

In a victory for transparency, Brisbane ABC reporter Tim Swanston has finally got hold of PwC’s scathing review of Brisbane City Council’s City of Brisbane Investment Corporation, its so-called future fund. I recall discussing the rumoured existence of a damning … Continue reading →

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Outer-lying suburbs like Townsville’s Deeragun the most fertile

Posted on January 18, 2019 by

I am very pleased to be mentioned on the front page of today’s Townsville Bulletin in Tess Ikonomou’s article Townsville suburb Deeragun crowned NQ’s most fertile (pay-walled, sorry). As I told the Bulletin, in many cities, population pressures, and the … Continue reading →

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Concentration of Qld population in SEQ expected to increase with its higher rates of net migration

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

Regarding my previous post noting SEQ’s dominance in population terms, regular QEW reader Mike Willis commented perceptively: Gene, it seems the concentration will be reinforced, if the most recent Qld government statistician’s report is any guide. State population growth is … Continue reading →

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Qld Councils & the 80/20 rule – 81% of Queenslanders live in just 12 out of 78 LGAs

Posted on January 2, 2019 by

In the final week of 2018, the Brisbane Times published an article The capital cities that ate Australia, which opened: They are the capital cities eating up the rest of Australia. Already home to more than two-thirds of the nation’s … Continue reading →

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