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Tag Archives: crr
Impressive list of speakers at IAQ Qld Infrastructure Summit on 29 August
I am honoured to be a presenter at IAQ’s upcoming Queensland Infrastructure Summit on 29 August in Brisbane, alongside our Deputy Premier Jackie Trad, Treasurer Curtis Pitt, Deputy Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington, and other luminaries including my old UQ economics … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged brisbane, crossriverrail, crr, iaq, infrastructure, infrastructuresummit, qld, queensland, xrr
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Queensland Parliament Question Time featuring my Cross River Rail post
Thanks to local citizen journalist David Marler, @Qldaah, for his tweet yesterday afternoon which alerted me to the Question Time debate on Cross River Rail in the Queensland Parliament, in which my post from yesterday morning was quoted a few … Continue reading
Posted in Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged buildingqueensland, businesscase, cba, costbenefitanalysis, crossriverrail, crr, etcs, qld, queensland, xrr
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Cross River Rail Budget snub unsurprising given weak business case – will QIC now step in?
Last night’s federal Budget offered some positive news for Queenslanders, such as a commitment to the Melbourne-to-Brisbane Inland Rail project ($8.4 billion) and Bruce Highway upgrades ($844 million), but disappointed some by not providing funding for the State Government’s priority … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged buildingqld, businesscase, crossriverrail, crr, qld, queensland, transport
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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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