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Tag Archives: 4bc
Brisbane Council CEO $700k pay chat with Scott Emerson on 4BC
I had a good chat with Scott Emerson on his 4BC Drive program on Tuesday afternoon about the fat pay packet of Brisbane City Council boss Colin Jensen, who is paid over $700k each year, placing him easily in the … Continue reading
LNP costings interview with Scott Emerson on 4BC
The Queensland LNP Opposition released its election costings yesterday, and I spoke with Scott Emerson on his 4BC Drive program about them later that day. You can listen to our conversation from around 54:00 via: The Scott Emerson Drive Show, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged 4bc, budget, crime, debt, deficits, efficiencydividend, electioncostings, hooning, labor, lnp, publicservice, qldhealth, tyreshredding
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Chat with 4BC’s Neil Breen on Qld Economic Recovery Plan, travel restrictions, deficits, and debt
Yesterday morning, I spoke with 4BC Breakfast presenter Neil Breen about the Queensland Government’s Economic Recovery Plan, travel restrictions, deficits, and debt. The recording has been published on the 4BC website: What’s in the book? Neil began by asking me … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged 4bc, airport, budget, debt, deficits, economicrecoveryplan, internationaleducation, nsw, nswborder, pefo, qld, queensland, tourism
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Qld Budget interviews with ABC’s Steve Austin & 4BC’s Ross Greenwood
While chatting with 612 ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin and fellow interviewee Nick Behrens this afternoon, I almost chuckled when Steve asked me whether this Queensland state budget, in which total debt is projected to head toward $90 billion by 2022-23, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged 4bc, abc, adani, budget, coal, qld, stampduty
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Ragnarok in Brissywood
Next week, the Brisbane CBD road closures for the filming of scenes for Thor: Ragnarok will obviously, through the disruption to traffic and local businesses, add to the already large multi-million dollar cost to the Queensland community of hosting the … Continue reading
Posted in Industry policy, Uncategorized
Tagged 4bc, brisbane, brissywood, corporatewelfare, filmindustry, goldcoast, payrolltax, qldpol, queenslandgovernment, ragnarok, subsidies, thor, villageroadshow
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Qld economy patchy – SEQ appears fine, but much of rest of Qld struggling
I had a nice chat with Ben Davis on his 4BC Live program yesterday afternoon about the state of Queensland’s economy, a discussion which was inspired by the flurry of press releases that came from the State Government in the … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged 4bc, cairns, commonwealthgames, goldcoast, mackay, ndis, qld, queensland, rockhampton, seq, skillshortages, townsville
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Qld Government opts for accounting tricks rather than true budget repair
In the 2015-16 Queensland Budget, the Government has shown it subscribes to the maxim that one might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. The Government is undertaking at least three measures of dubious merit, including … Continue reading
4BC Drive interview on election costings – problems with economic plans from both major parties
I had a nice chat with Ben Davis from 4BC’s Drive program yesterday afternoon on the economic plans the major parties are taking to today’s Queensland election. You can find the audio for the interview if you scroll down on … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged 4bc, aaa, debt, electricityprices, energex, ergon, qld, qldelection, queensland
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Strong Choices plan mostly good policy, but light on detail of budget impacts
The final Strong Choices plan has arrived, and, as I commented yesterday, I’m mostly supportive of it. However, I would rather more of the lease proceeds be used for debt reduction rather than being allocated to infrastructure funds that could … Continue reading
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