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- Gutsy submission from Joe Branigan to regional decentralisation inquiry questioning inquiry’s rationale
- Technological disruption & NQ business – JCU Townsville event on Thursday 26 October
- Pros and cons of a $300M royalties holiday for the Adani mega mine
- Top twenty largest cities and towns in Queensland by population
- Heat map of Brisbane metro property prices – big opportunities in the Western corridor?
- Qld Solar Bonus Scheme shows how bad government policy can cost taxpayers for a long time
- Go Brisbane! My comments in today’s Courier-Mail on Brisbane’s economic future
- Review of South Brisbane candidate Cameron Murray’s Game of Mates in CIS Policy magazine
- Why the Adani mega mine is welcome news in Townsville
- What is the Four Pillars' share of the Queensland economy?
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Tag Archives: budget
Qld Budget, economy and polls will give Premier confidence to call election this year
The Australian reports this morning that the Palaszczuk Government is polling well in two-party preferred terms (53% for ALP vs 47% for LNP). The strong result is largely due to One Nation smashing the LNP primary vote. It does not … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Budget, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged alp, budget, lnp, monocle, onenation, phon, qldgovernment, qldpol, qr, queensland, railfail
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Improved economic conditions may give Qld Gov’t confidence to call early election
Queensland political observers were stunned today when State Government Ministers started giving what appeared to be end-of-term wrap up speeches in Parliament, raising the possibility of an early election in September or October. With some of the Government’s recent announcements, … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged budget, debt, gsp, publicservice, qld, qldpol, qldtreasury, queensland, stateaccounts
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NSW winning fiscal State of Origin
My former Treasury colleague and old friend Joe Branigan, now at Cadence Economics and SMART Infrastructure Facility, was quick to tweet a State-of-Origin themed chart yesterday following the release of the NSW State Budget (see Joe’s chart below). As noted … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged assetrecycling, assetsales, budget, infrastructure, nsw, nswtreasury, privatisation, qld, queensland, stampduty, stateoforigin
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Qld Government gets lucky in election Budget, but debt to climb to $81 billion in 2020-21
The 2017-18 State Budget reveals the Queensland Government got very lucky this year, benefiting from a surge in royalties that has allowed it to generate a positive fiscal balance (i.e. the budget balance that also accounts for infrastructure spending) in … Continue reading
Great work BDO, which had the best Budget summary (and a highly entertaining breakfast)
Leading accounting firm BDO consistently produces the best federal Budget summary, and this year’s did not let them down. The sub-title of the 2017 Federal Budget summary is: A quick sprint to the finish line for housing affordability, but still … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged auspol, banklevy, banks, bcec, bdo, budget, federalbudget, housingaffordability, negativegearing, suncorp, super, tax
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2017-18 Federal Budget Wish List – guest post from Nick Behrens
I am delighted to publish this guest post on the upcoming federal budget from Nick Behrens, Director at Queensland Economic Advocacy Solutions. GT 2017-18 Federal Budget Wish List by Nick Behrens According to business groups the 2017-18 Federal Budget should … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged assetrecycling, auspol, australia, brucehighway, budget, crossriverrail, federalbudget, infrastructure, inlandrail, ipswichmotorway, m1, portofbrisbane, qldpol, smes
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Interview with ABC Radio’s Steve Austin on “The time Australia’s Treasury almost ran out of money”
I had a nice chat with 612 ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin last Friday morning regarding my time in the Australian Treasury, particularly during the financial crisis in 2008-09, and focusing on what he described as: The time Australia’s Treasury almost … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged aofm, ato, australia, bas, bonds, budget, cgs, debt, deficit, treasury
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