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Tag Archives: migration
Concentration of Qld population in SEQ expected to increase with its higher rates of net migration
Regarding my previous post noting SEQ’s dominance in population terms, regular QEW reader Mike Willis commented perceptively: Gene, it seems the concentration will be reinforced, if the most recent Qld government statistician’s report is any guide. State population growth is … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Cairns, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, brisbane, cairns, cassowarycoast, census, douglas, goldcoast, lga, migration, population, qld, queensland, seq, whitsunday
4 Comments
Five million Queenslanders by EOFY 2017-18
Sometime around the middle of June next year, Queensland is expected to have 5 million residents (see chart below). This is based on an extrapolation of the Queensland Government Statistician’s Office’s population counter estimate, currently at around 4.95 million, which … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Population, Uncategorized
Tagged employment, goldcoast, immigration, interstatemigration, jobs, m1, migration, qld, queensland, seq
2 Comments
Qld’s lacklustre population and jobs growth have gone hand in hand over the current decade
Queensland’s population, now at around 4.9 million, increased 1.4% in the year to 30 September 2016, a growth rate slightly below the national growth rate of 1.5%, but significantly below Victoria’s stand-out growth rate of 2.1% (Chart 1 based on … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Population, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, australia, economy, employment, immigration, interstatemigration, jobs, labourmarket, migration, population, populationgrowth, qld, queensland, victoria
1 Comment
Greater labour mobility a better way to assist PNG than budgetary support
Last Thursday, ABC News reported that Papua New Guinea has asked for a re-direction of Australia’s foreign aid program towards direct contributions to PNG’s health and education budgets. PNG, a country already struggling with high population growth and public health … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Labour market, Tourism, Uncategorized
Tagged agedcare, agricultural, australia, guestworkers, labourmobility, menziesresearchcentre, migration, mrc, pacific, tourism
2 Comments
NZ not only beating us in Rugby, but in economic and demographic games, too
A recent article at the Conversation is titled New Zealand is letting economics rule its environmental policies, which I suppose is meant to shock most Conversation readers. Reading the article it appears to me that NZ mostly appears to have … Continue reading
Posted in Migration, Uncategorized
Tagged allblacks, australia, migration, monocle, newzealand, nz, rugby, wallabies
6 Comments
Brexit impact depends on terms of divorce with EU
At the Tattersall’s race meeting at Eagle Farm today, I was fortunate to run into Morgans Chief Economist Michael Knox, and we had a good chat about, unsurprisingly, what everyone else is talking about, Brexit. Michael reminded me that he … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged brexit, britain, eu, immigration, migration, uk
18 Comments
Qld has fallen to 5th place in rate of population growth among States & Territories
The end of the mining boom and broader economic sluggishness have no doubt contributed to Queensland falling to fifth place in terms of population growth among Australian States and Territories (see chart below based on ABS data released on Thursday). … Continue reading
Posted in Migration, Population, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, migration, population, populationgrowth, qld, queensland, victoria
8 Comments