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Tag Archives: agedcare
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Health & aged care will drive jobs growth in coming years
The March labour force data released yesterday by the ABS show the Queensland unemployment rate has stabilised at around 6.5%, which, while relatively high (see chart above), is not too bad from a historical perspective, as I’ve noted before (Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Population
Tagged agedcare, ageing, health, jobs, qld, queensland, seniors, tourism, unemployment, unemploymentrate
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