Category Archives: Queensland Government

Commitment to open information commendable

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Gene Tunny

I’m pleased to read the Premier has committed to open information with a view to encouraging the public to provide solutions to problems, as reported in the Courier-Mail this morning: CAMPBELL Newman has promised a New York-style era of open … Continue reading →

Posted in Queensland Government | 1 Comment

Lots of scope to reduce regulatory burden in Qld

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Gene Tunny

The Queensland Competition Authority has released an informative issues paper on Measuring and Reducing the Burden of Regulation for the purposes of an inquiry it is undertaking for the new Government. The issues paper contains a lot of useful ammunition … Continue reading →

Posted in Industry policy, Queensland Government | Leave a comment

Why does the Qld Government even have a nursery business?

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Gene Tunny

As a great believer in government transparency and FOI, I find it hard to be too concerned about the Party official going in to review the Government businesses GoPrint and GoPlant, as reported in the Courier-Mail. Of course, it appears … Continue reading →

Posted in Industry policy, Queensland Government | Leave a comment

Decentralisation much harder than it sounds

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Gene Tunny

The Newman Government faces a challenge in fulfilling its commitment to relocate public servants to regional centres such as Townsville, if the experience of Queensland Rail’s passenger business is instructive. The Queensland Times reports this morning (Cancelled: QRS move to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ipswich, Queensland Government, Townsville | 1 Comment

CBA sees risks to Qld resources sector

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Gene Tunny

My former Treasury colleague Lachlan Shaw, Commodity Analyst at the Commonwealth Bank, has made some interesting comments regarding the outlook for the Queensland resources sector, as reported in the Toowoomba Chronicle yesterday: “Queensland is, on a range of estimates, one … Continue reading →

Posted in Mining, Queensland Government | 1 Comment

Qld economy will easily hit Bligh’s 100,000 new jobs target

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Gene Tunny

Given the massive amount of resources sector investment in the pipeline, I have no doubt the Queensland economy will rebound strongly and prove wrong pessimistic stories such as this one: Anna Bligh’s target of 100,000 new jobs in jeopardy amid … Continue reading →

Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Queensland Government, Queensland Rail | 1 Comment

Why has Ipswich Council become a property developer?

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Gene Tunny

Ipswich ratepayers should ask their Council some hard questions about Council’s involvement in a joint venture to re-develop the Ipswich CBD through the Council-owned Ipswich City Properties (Ipswich’s retail revolution): Mayor Paul Pisasale said the shopping centre precinct, like the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ipswich, Queensland Government | Leave a comment

Queensland investment boom on its way

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Gene Tunny

From this great chart in the new Queensland Infrastructure Plan (p. 23) it appears that around $40 billion of investment projects were committed to over January to March this year: The Queensland economy is set for strong growth over the next … Continue reading →

Posted in Macroeconomy, Mining, Queensland Government | 1 Comment

Carbon tax creates uncertainty for regional Qld businesses

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Gene Tunny

Premier Anna Bligh today will launch the Queensland Regionalisation Strategy (see Bligh plugs Downs future), but the ultimate success of the Strategy may depend on the impacts of the carbon tax on our regional economies. Many regional businesses remain concerned … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Climate change, Mining, Queensland Government, Tourism | Leave a comment

Yes, closing coal industry would cost lots of jobs, but is that likely to happen?

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Gene Tunny

The Queensland Government is expecting to earn $2.8 billion in coal royalties in 2011-12 (Budget Strategy and Outlook, p. 94). Shutting down the coal industry would obviously have a large impact on Queensland’s Budget and economy, as well as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Mining, Queensland Government | Leave a comment