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Chat with CCIQ’s Jack Baxter on collapse in business conditions & confidence

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Gene Tunny

I spoke with CCIQ Economic and Policy Advisor Jack Baxter earlier today regarding the corona-crisis-induced collapse in business conditions and confidence reported in the March quarter Suncorp-CCIQ Pulse Survey report. Business conditions and confidence are at their worst levels in … Continue reading →

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ABC radio comments re. Virgin: QIC needs to think for itself and resist any gov’t pressure

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Gene Tunny

The current investigation of a potential investment in Virgin Australia will be a defining moment for the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC). On ABC radio yesterday morning, I told host Bec Levingston that QIC needs to show it can act as … Continue reading →

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Qld jobless rate at 6.8% but effectively over 10%

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Gene Tunny

This afternoon I caught up with Ben Scott, who works as a Research Assistant in my business Adept Economics, to discuss the April Labour Force data published by the ABS today, as well as the possible shape of the eventual … Continue reading →

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Working from home during & after the pandemic with Alison Pennington – podcast interview

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Earlier this week I interviewed Alison Pennington, Senior Economist at the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute, about the opportunities and risks of working from home during this time of COVID-19. Alison has been getting a lot of … Continue reading →

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Economic impact of COVID-19 – upcoming QUT/QAAS webinar

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Gene Tunny

I’m a panellist on an upcoming webinar on Friday 22 May on The economic impact of COVID-19 and the likely short and long run economic impacts of the policy responses to it. The webinar is free and is part of … Continue reading →

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Premier’s 2016 Lodge dinner remark to Turnbull highlighted Vertical Fiscal Imbalance problem

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Gene Tunny

I started reading Malcolm Turnbull’s autobiography A Bigger Picture on the weekend, and it’s much better than I expected, with lots of interesting revelations and insights into the last couple of decades of Australian politics. One of my favourites is … Continue reading →

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Qld needs new Treasurer and budget update

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Gene Tunny

The Sunday Mail Editorial is calling for a new Queensland Treasurer to be appointed to replace Jackie Trad, who has had to temporarily stand aside during a Crime and Corruption Commission investigation into her conduct, this time relating to the … Continue reading →

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Benefits of going cashless in addition to social distancing

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Regular QEW reader Denise alerted me to an article on the New Normal in Dining (in this time of coronavirus) in the Murdoch papers this week, which reported: Restaurants and Catering Australia said many measure that are in place currently … Continue reading →

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State and regional unemployment rates in this time of COVID-19 with Pete Faulkner

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Mission Beach-based economist Pete Faulkner from Conus Consulting has been in the news recently with his estimates of the massive adverse impacts that measures to combat coronavirus are having on Queensland’s regional economies (e.g. see the InQueensland report Jobless numbers … Continue reading →

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Highlights of recent coronavirus-related podcast episodes

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Gene Tunny

In my latest Economics Explained podcast episode, I review some of the big issues covered in recent episodes on coronavirus. Brisbane-based businessman Tim Hughes of Urban Ergo and I react to excerpts of recent episodes and discuss the important policy … Continue reading →

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