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- Gutsy submission from Joe Branigan to regional decentralisation inquiry questioning inquiry’s rationale
- Technological disruption & NQ business – JCU Townsville event on Thursday 26 October
- Pros and cons of a $300M royalties holiday for the Adani mega mine
- Top twenty largest cities and towns in Queensland by population
- Heat map of Brisbane metro property prices – big opportunities in the Western corridor?
- Qld Solar Bonus Scheme shows how bad government policy can cost taxpayers for a long time
- Go Brisbane! My comments in today’s Courier-Mail on Brisbane’s economic future
- Review of South Brisbane candidate Cameron Murray’s Game of Mates in CIS Policy magazine
- Why the Adani mega mine is welcome news in Townsville
- What is the Four Pillars' share of the Queensland economy?
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Tag Archives: debt
Improved economic conditions may give Qld Gov’t confidence to call early election
Queensland political observers were stunned today when State Government Ministers started giving what appeared to be end-of-term wrap up speeches in Parliament, raising the possibility of an early election in September or October. With some of the Government’s recent announcements, … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged budget, debt, gsp, publicservice, qld, qldpol, qldtreasury, queensland, stateaccounts
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Qld Government gets lucky in election Budget, but debt to climb to $81 billion in 2020-21
The 2017-18 State Budget reveals the Queensland Government got very lucky this year, benefiting from a surge in royalties that has allowed it to generate a positive fiscal balance (i.e. the budget balance that also accounts for infrastructure spending) in … Continue reading
On mega mine, Qld Government should avoid taking equity risk for just a return on debt
Financial journalist Trevor Sykes would frequently point out that the problem with lending to highly-leveraged companies is that you can effectively take on equity risk while only receiving a return on debt. The Queensland Government needs to avoid this risk … Continue reading
Posted in Mining, Uncategorized
Tagged adani, debt, equityrisk, megamine, qld, qldgovernment, queensland, royalties
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Interview with ABC Radio’s Steve Austin on “The time Australia’s Treasury almost ran out of money”
I had a nice chat with 612 ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin last Friday morning regarding my time in the Australian Treasury, particularly during the financial crisis in 2008-09, and focusing on what he described as: The time Australia’s Treasury almost … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged aofm, ato, australia, bas, bonds, budget, cgs, debt, deficit, treasury
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Higher royalties improve Qld budget bottom line, but work still needed on budget repair
As we have been expecting for some time, higher coal prices and thus royalties (see chart below) have translated into a much improved State Budget balance, with the Queensland Treasury now forecasting the biggest operating surplus ($2 billion) in a … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged aaa, assetrecycling, debt, myfer, qld, qldbudget, qldtreasury, statedebt
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Qld Audit Office identifies risks to energy businesses from State debt reshuffle
In a report published today on Queensland’s government-owned energy businesses, the Queensland Audit Office has flagged risks associated with the Government’s debt reshuffle (on the debt reshuffle, see this QEW post from December last year). Here is the relevant extract … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged debt, gocs, qao, qld, qldauditoffice, queensland
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