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Tag Archives: 612abcbrisbane
CommSec’s weird assessment of Victoria’s economic growth as leading the nation in State of the States
This afternoon, Australian Institute for Progress Executive Director Graham Young alerted me to his conversation with 612 ABC Brisbane host Steve Austin and McKell Institute Executive Chair Rachel Nolan yesterday on Steve’s Drive program (from around 2:26:30) regarding the CommSec … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, abs, commsec, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, employment, nationalaccounts, pandemic, qld, queensland, statefinaldemand
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ABC radio comments re. Virgin: QIC needs to think for itself and resist any gov’t pressure
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
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, bailout, coronavirus, covid-19, qic, qldgovernment, queensland, regionalqld, tourism, virgin
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612 ABC Brisbane follow-up interview on AOFM bond auctions/gov’t borrowing
As I told 612 ABC Brisbane Drive program host Steve Austin earlier this evening, the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) had a good day today, running a successful $2 billion bond auction, selling $2 billion of bonds at a … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, aofm, australia, bonds, borrowing, coronavirus, covid-19, debt, recession, socialdistancing, treasury
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COVID-19 & UBI chat on ABC Brisbane radio with Katherine Feeney
I had an interesting conversation this afternoon with 612 ABC Brisbane’s Katherine Feeney about coronavirus and whether Universal Basic Income (UBI) might help people get through coronavirus-induced financial difficulties (from 1.55:20): 612 ABC Brisbane Afternoons with Katherine Feeney, 17 March … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, australia, coronavirus, covid-19, jobs, qld, queensland, socialsecurity, stimulus, ubi, unemployment, universalbasicincome, welfaresystem
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ABC Brisbane radio interview on Qld Councils
I had a nice chat with 612 ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin on his Drive program yesterday afternoon regarding my most recent post New round of council amalgamations should be considered following Logan & Ipswich sackings. I began by telling Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, abc, amalgamations, councils, ipswich, lgas, logan, qld, queensland
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ABC radio interviews on Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next & Qld Gov’t MYFER
Earlier today I spoke with Steve Austin on his 612 ABC Brisbane Drive program about the Queensland Government’s Mid Year Fiscal and Economic Review and my recently published book Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next. While the state government today reported … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, abc, budget, connorcourt, debt, deficits, myfer, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, treasury
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Low wages growth & the drop in household saving – 612 ABC Brisbane panel discussion
Low wages growth and the drop in household saving recorded in the June quarter National Accounts were considered in a panel discussion I participated in on Emma Griffiths’s 612 ABC Brisbane Focus program yesterday morning, which you can listen to … Continue reading
Posted in IR, Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, abc, cciq, minimumwage, qcu, saving, smallbusiness, trade, treasury, unions, wages
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Is the Dutton Park high-rise high school really necessary?
David Gillespie, Brisbane State High School Council Chairman (and author of Free Schools and Sweet Poison) gave a terrific interview on the 612 ABC Brisbane Breakfast program (at 2:18:50) yesterday morning. He argued State High’s over-enrollment problem is due to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Uncategorized
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, brisbane, bshs, duttonpark, education, educationqld, qld, schoolchoice, schoolfunding, statehigh
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Inner Brisbane Cross River Rail CAPEX comparable to statewide education CAPEX
Just before I appeared on 612 ABC Brisbane’s Breakfast program last week, one of the presenters Bec Levingston asked Deputy Premier Treasurer Jackie Trad what it would cost to air condition every classroom in Queensland, a question she obviously couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, brisbane, capitalworks, crossriverrail, crr, infrastructure, qld, queensland, secondrangecrossing, toowoomba
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My ABC radio interviews on the Qld state budget for 2018-19
I made two trips to ABC’s South Brisbane studios yesterday. On the Breakfast program, hosts Bec Levingston and Craig Zonca and I chatted about Queensland’s growing state debt, the distinction between good and bad debt, and the state’s credit rating. … Continue reading
