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Tag Archives: fnq
Job vacancies by Qld region
In my last Friday livestream, I mentioned surging job vacancies across Queensland (and in many parts of the rest of Australia, too). Vacancies are at record levels in four out of seven Queensland regions (see the chart below using National … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market
Tagged borderrestrictions, cq, fnq, jobs, outback, qld, queensland
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Qld’s regional economies & COVID-19 – video chat with Pete Faulkner
Earlier today I chatted with Pete Faulkner from Far-North-Queensland-based Conus Business Consultancy Services regarding how Queensland’s regional economies have been impacted by COVID-19. Check out the recording of our Zoom conversation below. You can download the slides we chatted about … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Cairns, Labour market, Mackay, Macroeconomy, Migration, Mining, North Queensland, Population, Tourism, Townsville, Uncategorized, Wide Bay-Burnett
Tagged australia, bundaberg, cairns, coronavirus, covid-19, fnq, gdp, goldcoast, jobs, northqld, nq, portdouglas, qld, queensland, unemployment, widebayburnett
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Huge financial sustainability challenges for Qld’s remote Indigenous councils
Queensland’s remote Indigenous councils are facing huge financial sustainability challenges, with the councils typically running large operating deficits, averaging nearly 20 percent of revenue, and running down their asset base to survive (see figure below), according to the Queensland Audit … Continue reading
Posted in North Queensland, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, capeyork, councils, fnq, Indigenous, lgas, qao, qld, qldauditoffice, queensland
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Disproportionate numbers of Newstart/Youth Allowance recipients in Far North Qld, Wide Bay-Burnett & Logan
Pete Faulkner’s post Job Seeker data shows little change for Cairns alerted me to the latest data on recipients of Newstart and Youth Allowance (for young job seekers) from the Commonwealth Department of Social Services. These data highlight the ongoing … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Uncategorized
Tagged dss, farnorth, fnq, jobseekers, kingston, logan, newstart, springwood, unemployment, widebayburnett, youthallowance
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Health, aged care & tourism will generate jobs in Qld at the end of the mining boom
At the end of the mining boom, as capital expenditure plummets (chart above) from an elevated level, and ten thousand new jobs expected in the Galilee basin now appear unlikely, it is probably not surprising that some commentators are getting … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Mining
Tagged agedcare, cairns, fnq, galileebasin, gbr, health, mining, qld, queensland, tourism
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High insurance costs likely to impede development of Northern Australia
Since Cyclone Yasi, insurance premiums have soared in North Queensland as insurance companies have reassessed the risks of insuring properties in the region. Just how much premiums have increased is illustrated by some figures provided to the Joint Select Committee … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, North Queensland, Townsville
Tagged farnorthqld, fnq, insurance, northernaustralia, northqueensland, nq, stratainsurance
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Growing Chinese visitor numbers great news for Qld tourism
Mission Beach blogger Pete Faulkner has been closely following Chinese visitor numbers, given that many tourism operators, especially in the Far North, are hopeful that Chinese tourism will revive their industry. Regarding yesterday’s new overseas arrivals and departures data from … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, North Queensland, Tourism
Tagged abs, aquis, australia, cairns, chinesetourism, farnorth, fnq, northqld, nq, qld, queensland, tourism
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Qld unemployment hot spots – Ipswich, Cairns and Wide Bay
I’ve prepared some maps of regional unemployment rates based on last week’s new regional labour force data from the ABS for February 2014 (see below). The figures I’ve used are taken from Queensland Treasury’s information brief, which presents 12-month moving … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market
Tagged abs, cairns, fnq, ipswich, nq, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, unemployment, widebay
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Qld Treasury Corporation sees improving economic outlook
The latest Weekly Market and Economics Review for 8 October from Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) nicely summarises recent data showing an improving economic outlook across Australia: Last week’s dataflow was generally better than expected and consistent with the recent more … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Macroeconomy, Tourism
Tagged cairns, chinesetourism, farnorth, fnq, qld, qtc, queensland, tourism
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International tourism continues to recover, particularly in TNQ, thanks largely to Chinese visitors
Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) has released its latest International Tourism Snapshot, and it shows a solid recovery in international tourism in Queensland and nationally, particularly in Tropical North Queensland (TNQ), which includes Cairns and Cape York (see my chart … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Macroeconomy, North Queensland, Tourism
Tagged china, fnq, gdp, nationalaccounts, queensland, teq, tnq, tourism
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Queensland Economy Watch 