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Tag Archives: brisbane
Quiggin calls for economically sensible road charges in outstanding Colin Clark Lecture
UQ’s Professor John Quiggin was only called upon Wednesday to fill in for an ill Richard Holden at the annual Colin Clark Lecture at Brisbane’s old Customs House yesterday morning, but nonetheless he managed to deliver an outstanding presentation titled: … Continue reading
Posted in Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged brisbane, congestion, congestioncharging, congestionpricing, customshouse, externality, roadpricing, roads, uq, uqeconomics
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ACCC Chairman critical of market share of Qld State-owned power generators
Yesterday morning, in one of the best interviews of a public official I have ever heard, ACCC Chairman Rod Sims gave frank and informative replies to ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin on the state of the electricity sector and the inquiry … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Energy
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, accc, brisbane, bundaberg, bundabergrum, bundy, csenergy, electricity, electricityprices, power, powerprices, qldpol, stanwell
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Huge regional disparities in Qld Government capital spending per capita
The Queensland Government’s $10.2 billion capital program in 2017-18 is heavily skewed to regional areas outside SEQ and towards inner city Brisbane, but away from other areas in SEQ (see the chart below which I’ve created based on data in … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, brisbane, capex, capitalspending, infrastructure, logan, qld, qldbudget, queensland, regionalqld
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Impressive list of speakers at IAQ Qld Infrastructure Summit on 29 August
I am honoured to be a presenter at IAQ’s upcoming Queensland Infrastructure Summit on 29 August in Brisbane, alongside our Deputy Premier Jackie Trad, Treasurer Curtis Pitt, Deputy Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington, and other luminaries including my old UQ economics … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged brisbane, crossriverrail, crr, iaq, infrastructure, infrastructuresummit, qld, queensland, xrr
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Still lots of room to boost population density in Brisbane
The vexed issue of heritage protection is in the news again, with controversy over the development of two apartment blocks behind the 1886 Clayfield heritage home Mundumburrah”, which will be raised and brought forward on its lot to accommodate the … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, bcc, brisbane, clayfield, heritage, housing, newfarm, populationdensity, queenslanders
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Brisbane unit values fell nearly 3% on average over 12 months to end of January
The huge supply increase in Brisbane apartments has resulted in a fall in unit values of 2.7% in the 12 months to 31 January, according to new CoreLogic estimates published yesterday (see Chart 1, based on data available in the … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Housing, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged brisbane, construction, corelogic, houseprices, housingbubble, perth, seq, sydney, unitprices
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