Tag Archives: agriculture

Get it right the first time: the Paradise Dam example

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Gene Tunny

The Queensland Government’s rural water business Sunwater has released a great video about the restoration of Bundaberg region’s Paradise Dam to its full capacity, which the state government finally agreed to last Christmas Eve.* This came after more than two … Continue reading →

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Rainfall crucial for drought-afflicted Qld regions highly dependent on agriculture

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Gene Tunny

We’ve seen some impressive rainfall in Brisbane over the last few days, but it appears parts of the state such as Warwick which really need it can do with a lot more to fill dams and help them get over … Continue reading →

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Mining & Ag have partly shielded several Qld regions from COVID shock

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Gene Tunny

As shown in my post on the latest payroll jobs data from the ABS, the regions which have fared the best in Queensland since the COVID-related economic crisis began in March are Toowoomba and Central Queensland, likely due to the … 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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Health care business numbers up 17%, while retail, mining & farm business counts fall 8-9% over 2012 to 2016

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Gene Tunny

The structural change the Australian economy has experienced in recent years, including the decline in manufacturing and the decline of small retailers, at the same time as health care and other service sectors are booming, reveals itself in the latest … Continue reading →

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Comments in Courier-Mail on Qld regional economies and structural change

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Gene Tunny

Today, the Courier-Mail is re-launching its GoQld campaign, this time with a focus on regional economies. It has rightly identified the large divergence in employment growth between SEQ and the rest of Queensland, and it is reporting a loss of … Continue reading →

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US recovery on track, while Australian economists wait anxiously for latest National Accounts

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Gene Tunny

The latest US jobs data show an economy that is growing quite nicely, with 178,000 new jobs over the last month, and with unemployment falling to 4.6%, its lowest rate since the financial crisis (see chart below). However, the market … Continue reading →

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QCA and Premier’s Department have shown where Government can find budget savings

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Gene Tunny

The need for difficult decisions to repair Queensland’s Budget is reinforced by news that, due to the drop in coal prices and a slower economy, revenue will be further written down by $1.5 billion over the next four years. The … Continue reading →

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Farm robots good for economy, but may mean downward trend in agricultural jobs continues

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Queensland’s former Premier Campbell Newman is chairman of a company Swarm Farm that is developing robots for on-farm use, in tasks such as weeding (as reported in the Brisbane Times). This is fantastic technology and will be good for agricultural … Continue reading →

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Nice introduction to business opportunities in China and elsewhere

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Gene Tunny

The Australia-China free trade agreement is great news for the Queensland economy, with scheduled reductions in Chinese tariffs on coal and agricultural products from Australia. It will also provide opportunities for people in professional and financial services (see Max Mason’s … Continue reading →

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