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Tag Archives: commonwealthgames
Qld economy well positioned in 2nd quarter 2018, esp. given Commonwealth Games
We are now in the second quarter of 2018, and it’s a good time to review the economic outlook for Queensland. Job vacancy data released by the ABS last Thursday were very encouraging, and suggest the current economic upswing, encompassing … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Uncategorized
Tagged commonwealthgames, goldcoast, labourmarket, mining, qld, qldeconomy, queensland, tourism, vacancies
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Debbie hits Qld Budget, but QIC may help out Government by investing in Cross River Rail
Cyclone Debbie and the floods that followed have tragically resulted in the loss of at least five lives and have done billions of dollars’ worth of damage in Queensland and NSW. And through lower coal royalties (largely associated with an … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Cyclones, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged commonwealthgames, crossriverrail, crr, cyclonedebbie, ngr, qic, qld, queensland
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Comment in Courier-Mail on volatile Qld jobs data
With the huge volatility in State unemployment rate estimates, demonstrated by the ABS seasonally adjusted estimate of Queensland’s unemployment rate falling from 6.4% in January to 5.6% in February, and the SA rate increasing from 6.8% to 7.7%, the ABS … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged brisbane, commonwealthgames, couriermail, goldcoast, labourforce, mining, qld, queensland, resources, tourism, unemploymentrate
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Qld economy patchy – SEQ appears fine, but much of rest of Qld struggling
I had a nice chat with Ben Davis on his 4BC Live program yesterday afternoon about the state of Queensland’s economy, a discussion which was inspired by the flurry of press releases that came from the State Government in the … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged 4bc, cairns, commonwealthgames, goldcoast, mackay, ndis, qld, queensland, rockhampton, seq, skillshortages, townsville
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Queensland Economy Watch 