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Foreign investment and productivity – my latest Economics Explored podcast episode

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Gene Tunny

The latest episode of my Economics Explored podcast is on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Productivity. In the episode, I speak with the authors of a recent study published in the Journal of International Business Studies: Foreign Influence, control, and indirect ownership: … Continue reading →

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On extension of CHO emergency powers, Griffith legal academic makes scathing submission to Parliamentary Committee

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Submissions to the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into the extension of the COVID-19 public health emergency and the Chief Health Officer’s extraordinary powers have been published on the Parliamentary website. I can highly recommend a brilliant submission from Griffith Associate Professor … Continue reading →

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Women and the Budget webinar presented by Griffith Business School

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Last Thursday I had a great time moderating a webinar on Women and the Budget hosted by the Griffith Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics. Presenters included Dr Leonora Risse of RMIT who has been a visiting fellow at the … Continue reading →

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Women and the Budget – upcoming Griffith-WEN webinar on Thursday 26 November

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Gene Tunny

This Thursday, Griffith Business School and the Women in Economics Network (WEN) are holding a webinar on Women and the Budget, and I’ve agreed to act as Moderator for the webinar. Here’s the event description from the organisers: The economic … Continue reading →

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Economic impact of COVID-19 & policy responses webinar for QUT Centre for Data Science

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Gene Tunny

The video recording of a webinar on the economic impact of COVID-19 I participated in last Friday is now available. The other panellists were Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute, Griffith Professor Tony Makin, and QUT Professor Pascalis Raimondos. My … Continue reading →

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Personal finance with Dr Di Johnson episode of Economics Explained

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Gene Tunny

The latest episode of my Economics Explained podcast explores the very important topic of personal finance. There is growing interest in personal finance, as evidenced by the stellar sales of Scott Pape’s Barefoot Investor book, which gets several mentions in … 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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CIS Ideas post on government size & economic growth paper by Makin et al.

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Gene Tunny

I spent an enjoyable week visiting the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney, and while there I was roped into drafting a short post for their regular Friday Ideas email. My post was on a recent conference paper by Griffith … Continue reading →

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2018 Budget: Party like it’s 1999!

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Gene Tunny

Guest post by Dr Andreas Chai, Economic Policy and Analysis Program, Griffith University 1999 was a great year to be alive in Australia. Apart from Prince hitting the airwaves again, Powderfinger were still playing and topped the hottest 100, the … Continue reading →

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Should Australia cut the company tax rate?

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Gene Tunny

Pauline Hanson’s opinion piece in yesterday’s Australian arguing against the Turnbull Government’s planned company tax cut (and in favour of state government payroll tax cuts instead) may well mean the end for the Turnbull Government’s planned cut. Hanson’s article highlights … Continue reading →

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