-
Recent Posts
- Paradox of Thrift in recessions and depressions
- The Fast Depression – 10 million newly jobless Americans in just two weeks
- Coronavirus policy responses with Joe Branigan – latest Economics Explained episode
- Gov’t faces huge funding challenge as it puts economy on life support
- Businesses in “survival mode” says CCIQ Chief Economist Dr Marcus Smith
Top Posts & Pages
- The Fast Depression – 10 million newly jobless Americans in just two weeks
- Paradox of Thrift in recessions and depressions
- Top twenty largest cities and towns in Queensland by population
- Heat map of Brisbane metro property prices – big opportunities in the Western corridor?
- COVID-19 rescue package chat with CCIQ Chief Economist Marcus Smith
- The 7 habits of highly effective economists - Part 1: Habits 1 to 3 for private victory
- Which suburbs of Brisbane had the largest increases in unemployment?
- Qld construction industry outlook for 2019 discouraging despite #BNE2025 projects
- Gov’t faces huge funding challenge as it puts economy on life support
- Coronavirus policy responses with Joe Branigan - latest Economics Explained episode
Archives
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
Categories
- Agriculture
- Arts
- Basin Plan
- Brisbane
- Budget
- Cairns
- China
- Climate change
- Competition policy
- Crime
- Cyclones
- Education
- Energy
- Environment
- Exports
- Floods
- Gladstone
- Gold Coast
- Health
- Housing
- India
- Industry policy
- Infrastructure
- Ipswich
- IR
- Labour market
- Mackay
- Macroeconomy
- Media
- Migration
- Mining
- nfps
- North Queensland
- Population
- Productivity
- queensland
- Queensland Government
- Queensland Rail
- qut
- Retail trade
- Rockhampton
- Social policy
- Tax
- Toowoomba
- Tourism
- Townsville
- Trade
- Transport
- Uncategorized
- VET
- Water
- Wide Bay-Burnett
Blogroll
Tag Archives: agedcare
Surge in Qld youth employment over 2017
You have probably seen the media coverage of the strong jobs growth over 2017 for Australia. Queensland played a large part in this, with the highest employment growth rate among states and territories (4.6 percent through-the-year) and an increase in … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, agedcare, employment, health, hospitality, jobs, labourforce, qld, queensland, tourism
Leave a comment
Go Brisbane! My comments in today’s Courier-Mail on Brisbane’s economic future
Well done to the Courier-Mail for reviving its “Go Queensland” campaign, this time with a focus on Brisbane, which today’s front page is labeling as the “City of Dreams.” Today’s paper features excellent articles (which are pay-walled, sorry) by demographer … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Uncategorized
Tagged agedcare, brisbane, cityofdreams, couriermail, education, goqld, health, internationaleducation, ndis
2 Comments
My thoughts on Deloitte’s Confidently Queensland Report
Deloitte, one of the big four professional services firms, has recently released a very interesting and informative report titled Confidently Queensland, which presents Deloitte’s goals for Queensland in 2027: liveable communities, a diversified economy, and inclusive growth. The report was … Continue reading
Posted in Mining, queensland, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged agedcare, deloitte, health, mining, qld, qldeconomy, queensland, resources
2 Comments
Greater labour mobility a better way to assist PNG than budgetary support
Last Thursday, ABC News reported that Papua New Guinea has asked for a re-direction of Australia’s foreign aid program towards direct contributions to PNG’s health and education budgets. PNG, a country already struggling with high population growth and public health … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Labour market, Tourism, Uncategorized
Tagged agedcare, agricultural, australia, guestworkers, labourmobility, menziesresearchcentre, migration, mrc, pacific, tourism
2 Comments
Health, aged care & tourism will generate jobs in Qld at the end of the mining boom
At the end of the mining boom, as capital expenditure plummets (chart above) from an elevated level, and ten thousand new jobs expected in the Galilee basin now appear unlikely, it is probably not surprising that some commentators are getting … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Mining
Tagged agedcare, cairns, fnq, galileebasin, gbr, health, mining, qld, queensland, tourism
6 Comments
Government right to consider migration for aged care, child care and disability care jobs
One of the most interesting things I did while at the Treasury was to help develop the program for the first G20 meeting in Australia, which was a workshop on Demographic Challenges and Migration, held in Sydney in August 2005, … Continue reading
Posted in Migration
Tagged agedcare, childcare, demographics, disabilitycare, employment, g20, jobs, labourmobility, population, remittances, un, worldpopulation
7 Comments
End of the mining boom – speech notes and slides
In Brisbane today, in the theatre of Morgans Financial Limited, along with Griffith’s Tony Makin and Morgans’ Michael Knox, I spoke on “The end of the mining boom”, at an event organised by Griffith’s APEC Study Centre. My slides are … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Mining
Tagged agedcare, construction, disability, griffith, health, interestrates, mining, miningboom, morgans, qld, qrc, queensland, rba, resources, unemployment
Leave a comment
