Category Archives: Cairns

CairnsWatch remains optimistic despite very weak Cairns labour market

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Gene Tunny

Rick Carr of Herron Todd White Cairns has released the March edition of his excellent CairnsWatch report, and it contains this disturbing chart of employment in the Cairns region, which suggest a very weak economy: Let’s hope employment in Cairns … Continue reading →

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Top twenty largest cities and towns in Queensland by population

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Gene Tunny

I get quite a few hits on my blog from people searching for the populations of Queensland cities, particularly Townsville, given an old post of mine: Is Townsville or Cairns the capital of North Qld?. Hence I’ve decided to chart Queensland Treasury’s … Continue reading →

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Chinese tourism boom for Cairns?

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Gene Tunny

Cairns business leaders have been pinning their hopes on a surge in Chinese tourism for a while now, and they remain confident according to a Cairns Post report from yesterday (Could Cairns be on the cusp of a Chinese tourism … Continue reading →

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Qld Treasury Corporation sees improving economic outlook

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Gene Tunny

The latest Weekly Market and Economics Review for 8 October from Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) nicely summarises recent data showing an improving economic outlook across Australia: Last week’s dataflow was generally better than expected and consistent with the recent more … Continue reading →

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Townsville vs Cairns again

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Gene Tunny

Having grown up in Townsville I’m very aware of the intense rivalry between Townsville and Cairns, which is partly a battle over which city should win the meaningless title of capital of North Queensland (see Is Townsville or Cairns the … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong billionaire backs Cairns – expect confidence boost in Far North tourism sector

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Gene Tunny

In fantastic news for Cairns, very recently reported by the Financial Review (Billionaire’s QLD casino plan gets speed-up): Hong Kong billionaire Tony Fung’s $4.2 billion international casino and resort project in Cairns has been gazetted by the Queensland government, essentially speeding … Continue reading →

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Don’t read too much into one month’s unemployment figures – Qld data pretty volatile

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Gene Tunny

Today’s unemployment figures from the ABS confirm a lacklustre economic outlook for Queensland over 2013-14 as the resources sector slows down, but I think it’s too early to conclude we’re heading for anything worse than expected. That is, based on … Continue reading →

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Queensland regional unemployment maps, May 2013

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Gene Tunny

I’ve prepared some maps based on the ABS regional unemployment rate data released yesterday. I’ve taken the numbers from Queensland Treasury’s briefing on the data, which presents 12-month moving averages of the ABS data to smooth out the high degree … Continue reading →

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International tourism continues to recover, particularly in TNQ, thanks largely to Chinese visitors

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Gene Tunny

Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) has released its latest International Tourism Snapshot, and it shows a solid recovery in international tourism in Queensland and nationally, particularly in Tropical North Queensland (TNQ), which includes Cairns and Cape York (see my chart … Continue reading →

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How much cheaper is it to fly from Cairns to Brisbane today than in the mid-Thirties?

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Gene Tunny

While in Cairns yesterday for a meeting, I found a little bit of time to pop into the Cairns Museum, in the grand old School of Arts Building in the centre of town, where I found this very interesting poster … Continue reading →

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