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Special deals can be bad deals for Government – my comments in today’s Courier-Mail re. Maryborough trains contract

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Gene Tunny

The Queensland Government is facing big questions over the closeness of two prominent lobbyists to the highest levels of government in the state (e.g. see this Brisbane Times report). I don’t necessarily have a problem with lobbyists, so long as: … Continue reading →

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Hollywood grabbing excessive film industry support

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Gene Tunny

The Brisbane Times, in its article Film industry calls for more local support after Hollywood incentive,  is reporting there is some dissatisfaction with the newly announced $400 million of federal government incentives to attract international film and TV productions: Australian … Continue reading →

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Qld Councils & the 80/20 rule – 81% of Queenslanders live in just 12 out of 78 LGAs

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Gene Tunny

In the final week of 2018, the Brisbane Times published an article The capital cities that ate Australia, which opened: They are the capital cities eating up the rest of Australia. Already home to more than two-thirds of the nation’s … Continue reading →

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My comments in Brisbane Times on Qld Government regional CAPEX

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Gene Tunny

Brisbane Times journalist Tony Moore has written an interesting piece based on a QEW post of mine from June on the regional distribution of Queensland Government capital spending in the 2017-18 Queensland State Budget: Analysis shows booming south-east is losing … Continue reading →

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