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Tag Archives: budget
Chat with 4BC’s Neil Breen on Qld Economic Recovery Plan, travel restrictions, deficits, and debt
Yesterday morning, I spoke with 4BC Breakfast presenter Neil Breen about the Queensland Government’s Economic Recovery Plan, travel restrictions, deficits, and debt. The recording has been published on the 4BC website: What’s in the book? Neil began by asking me … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged 4bc, airport, budget, debt, deficits, economicrecoveryplan, internationaleducation, nsw, nswborder, pefo, qld, queensland, tourism
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Chat with Joe Branigan on LNP’s New Bradfield Scheme and 5% jobless target and Labor’s $600M Council cash splash
Yesterday afternoon I caught up with my good friend and former Treasury colleague Joe Branigan to chat about the upcoming Queensland election, and you can listen to our wide-ranging conversation via the player/link below. Among other issues, we chatted about … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged alp, brucehighway, budget, goldcoast, infrastructure, labor, lgaq, lnp, m1, newbradfieldscheme, qld, qldelection, queensland, unemploymentrate, water
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My Courier-Mail comments on Qld Economic Recovery Plan and lack of Budget transparency
Yesterday afternoon I spoke with Courier-Mail journalist Michael Wray about the depressing nature of the state election campaign, which is being held without a full set of budget forward estimates having been published by the Queensland Government. I’m grateful to … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged budget, economicrecoveryplan, economy, qld, qldtreasury, queensland
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Frydenberg’s won’t-die-wondering Budget
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered a strong speech tonight in handing down what I’d label as his won’t-die-wondering budget, or possibly as the Nixon-goes-to-China budget, a federal budget with an expected current financial year deficit of $214 billion and projected total … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged australia, budget, covid-19, debt, deficits, fiscalpolicy, jobmaker, qld, queensland, tax
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Gov’t claims police boost “fully funded”, but won’t release full budget forward estimates
Earlier today, in announcing a huge boost to police staffing, expected to cost $624 million over five years, Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan commented (in the media release Palaszczuk Government to deliver an extra 2,025 police personnel): “Unlike the commitments … Continue reading
Auditor-General exposes deep flaws in Queensland’s governance
Queensland’s Auditor-General is having a big week, with the publication of hard-hitting reports into the latest Queensland Health IT bungle (see today’s Courier-Mail) and the Government’s economic response to COVID-19. The report on the economic response revealed a lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Macroeconomy
Tagged auditorgeneral, budget, coronavirus, covid-19, evaluation, policy, qao, qld, qldgovernment, queensland
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Woefully inadequate Qld budget update
We already knew the Queensland budget has deteriorated massively due to the COVID-crisis, so today’s state budget update was not surprising in terms of the huge fiscal deficits it announced, $9.3 billion in 2019-20 and $13.1 billion in 2020-21. Nor … Continue reading
Upcoming FACCI Federal Budget seminar on 9 October
On Friday 9 October, I’ll be facilitating a video conference for the French-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FACCI) on the 2020 federal budget, which looks to be in poorer shape as each day passes, with the ongoing stage 4 … Continue reading
Why the world needs economists – latest podcast episode
In my latest podcast episode, I explore what economists do and why the world needs them. I talk about the important roles that economists play in advising on government budget and economic policies and on the feasibility of specific projects, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Competition policy, Macroeconomy
Tagged banks, budget, economics, economists, feasibilitystudies, finance, google, government, hedgefunds, industry, infrastructure, policy, privatesector, programs, regulators, utilities
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Qld Gov’t going for broke in COVID response
As well as confirming Australia is in a deep recession, with a 7% fall in GDP in June quarter, the National Accounts published by the ABS earlier today revealed Queensland state and local governments (mostly the state government) are spending … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged budget, coronavirus, covid-19, gdp, governmentspending, nationalaccounts, qld, queensland
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