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Tag Archives: goldcoast
Subsidised blockbusters like Aquaman crowding out local film productions
There is new anecdotal evidence from film industry insiders that subsidised blockbusters such as Aquaman, currently filming on the Gold Coast, are not delivering the economic benefits they allegedly deliver. International film productions on the GC have benefited from federal … Continue reading
Posted in Gold Coast, Uncategorized
Tagged aquaman, cis, cispolicy, filmindustry, gc, goldcoast, subsidies, taxbreak
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LSE’s Stephen Machin to deliver public policy evaluation Winter school at O’Reilly’s, Gold Coast
Economists will often caution that correlation does not necessarily imply causation, or that causation may not run the way you expect. So, for example, the negative correlation between educational attainment and crime, that more educated people are less likely to … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Education, Labour market, Uncategorized
Tagged crime, economics, education, esaqld, goldcoast, griffith, lse, oreillys, publicpolicy, quasiexperiments, qut, uq
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Weekend reading: CIS Policy mag featuring my article on film industry subsidies, available at good newsagents
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, you could try the latest issue of the Centre for Independent Studies’ magazine Policy, which includes some excellent feature articles. These include an article on the worrying levels of public debt … Continue reading
Posted in Industry policy, Tax, Uncategorized
Tagged aquaman, australia, cis, cispolicy, corporatewelfare, dccomics, goldcoast, industryassistance, policy, qld, queensland, villageroadshow
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Comments in Courier-Mail on Qld regional economies and structural change
Today, the Courier-Mail is re-launching its GoQld campaign, this time with a focus on regional economies. It has rightly identified the large divergence in employment growth between SEQ and the rest of Queensland, and it is reporting a loss of … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Mining, North Queensland, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, agriculture, employment, goldcoast, jobs, manufacturing, mining, qld, queensland, structuralchange, toowoomba, townsville
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Comments in Courier-Mail on residential construction & First Home Owners’ Grant
I am quoted extensively in John McCarthy’s Courier-Mail article this morning Brisbane house prices showing strong growth while regions are suffering (pay-walled), expressing similar views to those in my post from yesterday. In the Courier-Mail article, I sound more alarmist … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Housing, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged brisbane, construction, couriermail, fhog, firsthomeownersgrant, goldcoast, regionalqld, reiq, residentialconstruction, seq, unitprices
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Ragnarok in Brissywood
Next week, the Brisbane CBD road closures for the filming of scenes for Thor: Ragnarok will obviously, through the disruption to traffic and local businesses, add to the already large multi-million dollar cost to the Queensland community of hosting the … Continue reading
Posted in Industry policy, Uncategorized
Tagged 4bc, brisbane, brissywood, corporatewelfare, filmindustry, goldcoast, payrolltax, qldpol, queenslandgovernment, ragnarok, subsidies, thor, villageroadshow
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Comment in Courier-Mail on volatile Qld jobs data
With the huge volatility in State unemployment rate estimates, demonstrated by the ABS seasonally adjusted estimate of Queensland’s unemployment rate falling from 6.4% in January to 5.6% in February, and the SA rate increasing from 6.8% to 7.7%, the ABS … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged brisbane, commonwealthgames, couriermail, goldcoast, labourforce, mining, qld, queensland, resources, tourism, unemploymentrate
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