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Tag Archives: gas
QEW video – the week that was: 27-Jan to 2-Feb-19
First, my thoughts and prayers are with the people of Townsville and North Queensland in this challenging time of heavy rain and flooding. Second, below is a slide show (with commentary) I’ve recorded on the economic news of the last … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged cciq, deloitte, gas, houseprices, inflation, jobs, qld, queensland, townsville, us
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AGL Chief Economist to address ESA Qld on National Electricity Market
As you are no doubt aware, one of the big economic challenges facing Australia at the moment is the high cost of energy. An important aspect of the debate around the cost of energy is the future of the National … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Uncategorized
Tagged agl, csg, electricity, energy, gas, lng, mcculloughs, nationalelectricitymarket, nem, renewableenergy, uq
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ABC radio interview on outlook for Qld economy
Steve Austin from 612 ABC Brisbane interviewed me yesterday morning regarding the economic outlook, and I gave my current view that the economy is relatively weak at the moment, but there are reasons for optimism for later in the year … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Mining
Tagged gas, gladstone, lng, qld, qldeconomy, queensland, royalties, tourism, unemployment
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Queensland economic outlook for 2015
It became clear toward the end of 2014 that the upcoming Queensland election would be fought in a relatively weak economy. 2014 unfortunately saw an increase in Queensland’s unemployment rate from around 6 per cent to around 7 per cent … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged australiandollar, buidlingapprovals, cciq, curtisisland, economy, gas, gladstone, lng, myefo, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, royalties, treasury, unemployment
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If you want to understand the East Coast gas market, come to this presentation
With the first LNG exports from Curtis Island off Gladstone expected later this year, it is timely to consider what the linkage of our domestic gas market to the international market will mean for gas prices in Australia. A Grattan … Continue reading
Deloitte forecasts huge drop in resources sector construction jobs
I noticed the Mackay Daily Mercury (Investment drought to kill resources-boom building jobs) has picked up an interesting new report from the Australian Workplace and Productivity Agency: Resources Sector Skills Needs 2013. The report contains some interesting projections from Deloitte … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Mining
Tagged awpa, construction, csg, deloitte, gas, oil, queensland, resources
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More CSG-LNG jobs than previously forecast, but minerals job vacancies have plummeted
Yesterday I attended the Energy Skills Queensland (ESQ) Annual Conference at the Royal International Convention Centre at the RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane. At the Conference, ESQ released its Queensland CSG to LNG Industry Workforce Plan, which received coverage from ABC … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Labour market, Mining
Tagged bechtel, csg, curtisisland, education, energyskillsqld, esq, gas, gladstone, lng, qld, queensland, rna, tafe, training, VET
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