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Courier-Mail & 612 ABC Brisbane media this week regarding jobs growth & small business

Posted on September 23, 2017 by Gene Tunny

Today’s Courier-Mail features a short piece (on p. 29) “Employment growth best since the GFC” from Daryl Passmore quoting FNQ-based economist Pete Faulkner and me on Queensland’s recent strong employment growth. The Queensland economy has been recovering strongly over the … Continue reading →

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Bigger is better – small businesses once employed over half of private sector workers but no longer

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Gene Tunny

Ten years ago, small businesses, those with fewer than 20 employees, employed over half of private sector workers in Queensland, but that is no longer the case. This was revealed in an excellent note, Small Business in Queensland, published yesterday … Continue reading →

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Unmissable upcoming Lowy Institute Choosing Openness paper launch with Andrew Leigh

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Gene Tunny

Australian Shadow Assistant Treasurer Dr Andrew Leigh will be speaking at the Brisbane launch of his Lowy Institute paper Choosing Openness on the evening of Wednesday 4 October, at the Queensland College of Art in South Brisbane. This looks absolutely … Continue reading →

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With One Nation as likely power brokers, expect greater share of Qld Gov’t CAPEX in regions

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Gene Tunny

If I were the Managing Director of an engineering firm, I’d start investigating the availability of office space in Queensland’s regional centres, including Maroochydore, Rockhampton, Toowoomba, and Townsville. I would want the firm well-positioned to win new work from a … Continue reading →

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Strong jobs figures for Qld, although much of recent increase was in part-time employment

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Gene Tunny

The August jobs figures released yesterday by the ABS confirmed the Queensland economy is clearly on an upswing and jobs growth is currently strong, with through-the-year growth in employment at 3.7% compared with a national rate of 2.6% (chart 1). … Continue reading →

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BWF session considers fake news & economic viability of quality journalism

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Gene Tunny

Yesterday afternoon, Saturday 9 September, I attended a Brisbane Writers Festival panel discussion “The Media in Dangerous Times” at the State Library of Queensland. The topic was “how news organisations are responding to the threat of Fake News and the … Continue reading →

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Townsville Bulletin report on funding feud: Brisbane economist “under fire”

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Gene Tunny

Tony Moore’s recent Brisbane Times article featuring my chart on per capita State Government capital spending by region has prompted responses from the Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill and Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt. As reported in Domanii Cameron’s article Feud over … Continue reading →

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My comments in Brisbane Times on Qld Government regional CAPEX

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Gene Tunny

Brisbane Times journalist Tony Moore has written an interesting piece based on a QEW post of mine from June on the regional distribution of Queensland Government capital spending in the 2017-18 Queensland State Budget: Analysis shows booming south-east is losing … Continue reading →

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Qld economy traveling nicely based on June quarter National Accounts data

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Gene Tunny

Just a quick update on the June quarter National Accounts released by the ABS today. GDP growth was a healthy 0.8 percent in the June quarter, or around 3.3 percent in annualised terms, which I suspect is around the sustainable … Continue reading →

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Qld Budget, economy and polls will give Premier confidence to call election this year

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Gene Tunny

The Australian reports this morning that the Palaszczuk Government is polling well in two-party preferred terms (53% for ALP vs 47% for LNP). The strong result is largely due to One Nation smashing the LNP primary vote. It does not … Continue reading →

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