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ACE2015 careers session on a day in the life of a professional economist

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Gene Tunny

The 2015 Australian Conference of Economists (ACE2015) has commenced in Brisbane at QUT’s Gardens Point campus. Yesterday I participated as a panelist in a session at the PhD Colloquium on a day in the life of a professional economist, along … Continue reading →

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Strategy is about asking the right questions

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Gene Tunny

There is something alluring about the number seven. According to Miles Davis, there are seven steps to heaven, and, according to Harvard Business School Professor Robert Simons, there are seven important strategy questions for businesses to ask themselves. Professor Simons … Continue reading →

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Making do with less – speech notes and slides

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Tonight I spoke at the Pro Bono Econos Third Sector Talks at QUT’s Gardens Theatre on the challenges facing not-for-profit organisations in these fiscally lean times and how economists can help. My slides are available to download (Making do with … Continue reading →

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New Qld Government should allow plenty of time for thorough review of spending

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Gene Tunny

I noticed that former Olympian Kieren Perkins has cast doubt on Queensland’s ability to host an Olympic Games and has pointed to the Queensland Government’s lack of a clear strategy to pay down debt (see today’s Courier-Mail). While the Queensland … Continue reading →

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CIS still seeking students & recent graduates for Liberty & Society weekends

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Gene Tunny

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is still seeking students and recent graduates to participate in either of its upcoming Liberty & Society weekends, with one in Sydney over 8-10 May and the other in Perth over 17-19 July. These … Continue reading →

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Fiscal reality will drive the next reform agenda – guest post from Joe Branigan

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Gene Tunny

I’m delighted to present a guest post from my old friend and former Treasury colleague Joe Branigan. It goes without saying that the views presented below are Joe’s and not necessarily mine. That said, I agree broadly with Joe regarding … Continue reading →

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New jobs figures will be important to election debate

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Today the ABS will release its December 2014 labour force estimates of employment and unemployment and the figures will be important to the ongoing election debate about employment. At 6.9%, Queensland’s unemployment rate is significantly higher than the rate of … Continue reading →

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Liberty & Society weekend in Sydney for students and recent graduates

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Gene Tunny

I wrote last week about the important contribution the Centre for Independent Studies has made to the Australian public policy debate (Don’t worry, Greg, the protectionists aren’t winning the real race), so I’m happy to recommend its Liberty & Society … Continue reading →

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Long-term trend in average working hours – big drop over last 100 years

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Gene Tunny

A comment from a reader on my Friday post on robotics and automation got me thinking about long-term trends in average working hours. Historical data on standard male working hours (from Glenn Withers’s chapter in Vamplew’s Australians: Historical Statistics), which … Continue reading →

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Speech to University of the Third Age Redlands on the Australian Economy

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Gene Tunny

This morning I addressed the University of the Third Age Redlands at the Donald Simpson Centre, Cleveland on the topic of The Australian Economy: Where we’ve come from, where we’re going. My prepared remarks are reproduced below. I varied the … Continue reading →

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