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Tag Archives: connorcourt
Breakfast with Keith De Lacy & me to discuss Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next
Former Queensland Treasurer Keith De Lacy AM and I will speak at an upcoming breakfast in West End, Brisbane on Wednesday 27 February at the Connor Court Book Room regarding my recently published book Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next: … Continue reading
Speech notes from Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next launch, 19 December 2018
Me (Gene Tunny) & Julie from Connor Court at the launch of my new book Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next, at Connor Court Book Room, West End, Brisbane Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next Today’s Australian newspaper included the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged budget, connorcourt, debt, qld, queensland
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ABC radio interviews on Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next & Qld Gov’t MYFER
Earlier today I spoke with Steve Austin on his 612 ABC Brisbane Drive program about the Queensland Government’s Mid Year Fiscal and Economic Review and my recently published book Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next. While the state government today reported … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, abc, budget, connorcourt, debt, deficits, myfer, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, treasury
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My book launch at Connor Court Christmas party, Wednesday 19 December at Boundary St, West End
My new book Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next covers Queensland’s state finances over the last thirty years, during which time Queensland went from being the exemplar of sound public finance in Australia to a cautionary tale of the dangers … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged connorcourt, debt, qld, queensland, statebudget, statedebt
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Deficient Qld state public administration is a major theme of my new book
Sadly, Queenslanders are getting accustomed to regular stories of failures of state public administration, with two major stories this week. We have learned about the $250 million digital hospitals program cost blow out and the results of the inquiry into … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged connorcourt, couriermail, ngr, qld, qldhealth, queensland, railfail, tmr
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My book Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next can be pre-ordered now
Regular readers will know I’ve commented extensively on Queensland’s state debt and budget policies over successive recent governments, and that I’m concerned that not enough is being done to restrain the growth of state debt, currently on a trajectory to … Continue reading
