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Tag Archives: construction
Qld construction industry outlook for 2019 discouraging despite #BNE2025 projects
My colleague Nick Behrens from QEAS has published an informative post on the major projects, such as Cross River Rail and Brisbane Live, which will boost construction activity in Brisbane in future years: The BNE 2025 projects represent a renaissance … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, bne2025, brisbanelive, buildingindustry, civilconstruction, construction, crr, ggplot2, qld, qmca, queensland, r
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Queensland construction industry outlook
The construction industry is very important to the Queensland economy, and it employs nearly 10 percent of all workers (see Queensland Treasury’s Employment by Industry brief). One part of the broader industry, residential construction, has grown strongly in recent years, … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, adani, buildingapprovals, construction, megamine, mining, qldtreasury, qrc, resourcessector
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Rising workforce participation reflects improved jobs market in Qld
I have been commenting on Queensland’s improving labour market for several months now, and the July labour force data released by the ABS yesterday have confirmed that trend is continuing. The State’s unemployment rate remained stable at 6.3 percent in … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, construction, employment, jobs, labourforce, participation, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, unemployment
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Nervous times for construction industry with downswing underway
Last week I forecast a continuing downswing in construction activity (Trouble in Qld construction industry & worse may be to come) and the March quarter construction data released by the ABS on Wednesday have confirmed this (see chart below), as … Continue reading
Qld full-time jobs growth since election back in positive territory
In April, full-time employment in Queensland continued to recover and is now back above the level that prevailed at the time of the last State election in January 2015, in terms of the trend data that Queensland Treasury prefers to … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, cciq, construction, election, jobs, labourforce, newman, palaszczuk, qld, qldtreasury, queensland
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Trouble in Qld construction industry & worse may be to come
Referring to the recent failures of building companies such as CMF Projects, CKP, and Cullen, the Courier-Mail this morning observed: …we hear that even the higher profile builders (household names actually) are getting nervous with soaring costs cutting into profits, … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Uncategorized
Tagged afr, buildingapprovals, buildingindustry, construction, couriermail, labourcosts, qld, queensland, residentialconstruction, stateaccounts, unions
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Residential construction at peak in current cycle in Qld
The mini-boom in residential construction, of both inner Brisbane apartments and detached houses in outer-lying areas in SEQ, such as Ripley, Springfield and Yarrabilba, has been important to the economy over the last couple of years. This mini-boom now appears … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, construction, nationalaccounts, qld, queensland, ripley, springfield, yarrabilba
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