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Economic development with Griffith’s Dr Andreas Chai – latest Economics Explained episode

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Gene Tunny

One of the traditions of the Queensland branch of the Economic Society of Australia (ESA) is an end-of-year seminar on each year’s Nobel Prize in Economics winners. Given our location, it’s a bit hard to get the actual prize winners … Continue reading →

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Luckily Qld property prices never reached crazy levels that NSW’s and Victoria’s did – now less room to fall

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Gene Tunny

Michael Janda at ABC News has a good summary of the residential property price data for December quarter published yesterday by the ABS: Australia’s $133 billion property price slide rapidly becoming the worst in modern history This correction has been … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the GFC symposium at Griffith’s Ship Inn Function Centre on 7 March

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Gene Tunny

In this final week of January ten years ago, the fifth floor of the Treasury Building in Canberra was a hive of activity. Hard-working Treasury officials, including me, were putting together the 2009 Updated Economic and Fiscal Outlook in which … Continue reading →

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Townsville ESA seminar on regional economies incl. new NQ state discussion

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Gene Tunny

I visited my hometown of Townsville last week to participate in an Economic Society of Australia (Qld) seminar on regional economies in a digitised and globalised world. The seminar feature presentations by James Cook University Associate Professor Riccardo Welters (Regional … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Townsville seminar on regional economies in a digitised & globalised world

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Gene Tunny

The Economic Society of Australia (Qld), of which I’m a Vice President, is hosting an upcoming seminar in Townsville on how regional economies can adapt and thrive in a digitised, globalised world (see flyer below). Local ESA member Matthew Cook … Continue reading →

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Economists and the media

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Gene Tunny

This Thursday lunchtime, I’ll be chairing an ESA (Qld) seminar on economists and the media, featuring former ABC finance reporter Rebecca Archer, Director of Connect Media Training, and Griffith Economics Professor Fabrizio Carmignani, a frequent media commentator and contributor to … Continue reading →

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RBA Deputy Governor Guy Debelle’s Low Inflation address to ESA Qld at the Brisbane Hilton

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Gene Tunny

Last Wednesday, RBA Deputy Governor Guy Debelle addressed the ESA (Qld) business lunch at the Brisbane Hilton on the topic of low inflation.* The Deputy Governor took the audience through the different components of the consumer price index (CPI) and … Continue reading →

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The Andrew Leigh-Sinclair Davidson company tax debate

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Gene Tunny

In March, there was extensive media coverage (e.g. in the Guardian Australia) of shadow assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh’s company tax research which found companies paying lower effective company tax rates (i.e. actual tax paid/profits) did not create more jobs than … Continue reading →

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A question you could ask RBA Deputy Governor Guy Debelle at ESA Qld business lunch on 22 August

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Gene Tunny

Ten years after the 2008 financial crisis, economists are still debating whether the policy response at the time was excessive or insufficient (e.g. the excellent recent Macro Musings podcast with Larry Ball on the Lehman collapse) and whether banking needs … Continue reading →

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Economics of online dating: upcoming WEN/ESA event at Alliance Hotel, 16 May

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Gene Tunny

The news that Facebook is expanding into online dating reminded me of an upcoming event on the Economics of Online Dating at the Alliance Hotel, Spring Hill on Wednesday 16 May featuring QUT economist Stephen Whyte, and hosted by the … Continue reading →

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