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Premier’s Estimates appearance illustrates my point at ASPG seminar at Parliament House in June

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Exhibit A regarding the woefulness of Queensland’s Parliamentary Committee process and the lack of accountability of executive government in this state is the appalling budget estimates committee meeting today, during which the Premier would not disclose whether taxpayers would pay … Continue reading →

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Cash-strapped Qld Gov’t to charge interstate migrants

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Once upon a time, the Queensland Government tried to attract people from interstate by cutting taxes and charges. For instance, Sir Joh famously abolished death duties in the seventies. But times have changed. Now we have a cash-strapped state government … Continue reading →

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Role of Qld Parliament in public finance – upcoming ASPG event on 14 June 21

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Thanks to the Queensland chapter of the Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG) for inviting me to be a panel member at its upcoming event The role of Parliament in public finance on 14 June at Parliament House, Brisbane. My … Continue reading →

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Interview with 4BC’s Scott Emerson on the federal budget

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Gene Tunny

This afternoon, on his 4BC Drive program, former Queensland Government Transport Minister Scott Emerson and I shared our astonishment regarding the Morrison Government’s Go for Growth, Keynesian federal budget which Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down last night. You can listen … Continue reading →

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Qld and WA leading Australia in business conditions, based on NAB Survey

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Gene Tunny

It’s federal budget day and, at this stage, I’m due to appear on Steve Austin’s 612 ABC Brisbane Drive program after 6pm to talk about how the federal budget is developed, so please tune in if you’re interested. Tonight we’ll … Continue reading →

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Qld state finances chat with ABC’s Steve Austin & QEAS’s Nick Behrens

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Fellow Queensland economist Nick Behrens and I sat down with 612 ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin to chat about the latest report from the Auditor-General on Queensland’s state finances. Of course, COVID is the big story since March last year, but, … Continue reading →

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PM puts China’s Aussie thermal coal ban in perspective, but $100M+ annual loss to Qld state budget possible

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Prime Minister Scott Morrison did a good job yesterday at putting China’s reported ban on Australian thermal coal into perspective, pointing out Japan is our largest customer for thermal coal, and it takes twice the amount of thermal coal as … Continue reading →

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Women and the Budget webinar presented by Griffith Business School

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Last Thursday I had a great time moderating a webinar on Women and the Budget hosted by the Griffith Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics. Presenters included Dr Leonora Risse of RMIT who has been a visiting fellow at the … Continue reading →

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Qld Budget reveals bigger deficits and a lot more debt than expected

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick has handed down the long-awaited 2020-21 state budget and it contains bigger deficits and much higher debt over the forward estimates than I expected, with nearly $89 billion of general government debt and around $130 billion … Continue reading →

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Coal price crash is bad news for the state budget and future capital investment

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Last Friday, John McCarthy at In Queensland reported Budget impacts loom as coal prices plunge to four year lows. Yes, recent falls in the coking coal price to around $US100/t for coking coal must be causing anxiety in Queensland Treasury, … Continue reading →

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