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Big divide between SEQ and rest of Qld in jobs growth

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Looking at the data in Queensland Treasury’s latest briefing on regional employment, it appears that the bulk of jobs growth that is occurring in Queensland is occurring in the South-East, particularly on the Gold Coast, and many parts of regional … Continue reading →

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Great RBA speech highlighting new labour market flexibility and links with NZ labour market

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Gene Tunny

The Queensland Branch of the Economic Society of Australia, of which I’m the Secretary, was delighted yesterday to host a speech by the Assistant Governor (Economic) of the Reserve Bank of Australia Christopher Kent on Adjustments in the Labour Market. … Continue reading →

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PC concludes there are some adverse employment impacts from minimum wage increases

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Gene Tunny

The President of the Queensland Council of Unions is reported in the Brisbane Times this morning as noting “There is no empirical evidence that cutting wages creates more jobs” (Qld unions to make penalty rates election battlefield). In my view, … Continue reading →

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Government right to consider migration for aged care, child care and disability care jobs

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Gene Tunny

One of the most interesting things I did while at the Treasury was to help develop the program for the first G20 meeting in Australia, which was a workshop on Demographic Challenges and Migration, held in Sydney in August 2005, … Continue reading →

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Cafe culture & tourism helping Qld endure end of mining boom

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Gene Tunny

May 2015 employment-by-industry data published by the ABS yesterday confirm some points I’ve been making for the last couple of months (see chart above), particularly that Queensland is enduring the shock from the end of the mining boom relatively well, … Continue reading →

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Health & aged care will drive jobs growth in coming years

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Gene Tunny

The March labour force data released yesterday by the ABS show the Queensland unemployment rate has stabilised at around 6.5%, which, while relatively high (see chart above), is not too bad from a historical perspective, as I’ve noted before (Don’t … Continue reading →

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Victoria continues to lure Queenslanders

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Yesterday I wrote about how net interstate migration to Queensland remains low, and today I’ve had a closer look at the new ABS data, breaking down Queensland’s net gain of 5,942 people over the 12 months to 30 September 2014 … Continue reading →

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Net interstate migration to Qld remains at low levels

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Yesterday, the ABS reported (see the media release): Queensland no longer outstripping nation Queensland’s population growth has slowed to its lowest rate in 15 years, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. “The sunshine state’s … Continue reading →

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Cafe culture prevents employment slump

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Gene Tunny

I recall Alan Kohler observing a while ago that everyone is eating out for breakfast on the weekends nowadays. It’s a good thing that people are, from an employment perspective, given that employment growth in cafes, restaurants and hotels has … Continue reading →

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Property law review should be picked up by new Qld Government – pets & smoking are contentious issues

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Gene Tunny

It appears that just before the recent election campaign the previous Queensland Government launched a review of property law with a focus on body corporate matters, including the regulation of pets and smoking in apartment buildings. I trust that the … Continue reading →

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