Category Archives: Queensland Government

No mass relocation of public servants to NQ

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Gene Tunny

North Queensland community and business leaders were disappointed yesterday when the Treasurer Andrew Fraser and Deputy Premier Paul Lucas both shattered expectations of a mass migration of public servants to the region: Push to relocate services stymied Queensland State Government … Continue reading →

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We should cut stamp duty, not increase it

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Gene Tunny

While today’s Queensland Budget was broadly ok and economically responsible, I was surprised by the removal of the stamp duty concession for existing home owners who buy a new place of residence. The Brisbane Times reports (Property market tipped to … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Housing, Queensland Government | 1 Comment

Possible High Court challenge against mining tax

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Gene Tunny

Adele Ferguson in the Sydney Morning Herald (See you in Court) notes the Queensland Government may join a High Court challenge against the mining tax: A letter from mining billionaire Andrew Forrest to the Prime Minister reveals continuing dissent about … Continue reading →

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Move public servants to regions only if cost-effective

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Gene Tunny

There is a major risk that Opposition Leader Campbell Newman’s decentralisation plan to move Queensland public servants out of Brisbane CBD and into the regions – particularly Cairns, Maryborough, and Gympie – would eventually result in an overweight and inefficient … Continue reading →

Posted in Brisbane, Cairns, Queensland Government | 4 Comments

Rocky NRL stadium would be waste of taxpayers’ money

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Gene Tunny

It’s disappointing that Queensland taxpayers will likely have to pay for a stadium in Rockhampton to host a new Central Queensland NRL team: Rocky to get footy stadium: Newman It’s disappointing because I doubt that the Queensland Government body Stadiums … Continue reading →

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