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Surat Basin FIFO/DIDO workers to peak this year

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Gene Tunny

Queensland Treasury released its non-resident population projections for the Surat Basin today. They show that fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) and drive-in, drive-out (DIDO) worker numbers will peak this year at around 8,600 and decline over the next few years as the … Continue reading →

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Barcaldine set to boom with big increase in FIFO workers

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Gene Tunny

Queensland Treasury’s non-resident population projections for the Bowen and Galilee Basins show Barcaldine in Central Queensland is the next regional town that will boom due to an influx of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) and drive-in, drive-out (DIDO) workers (see chart below … Continue reading →

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Six of the ten high growth mining towns in Queensland

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Gene Tunny

The ABS published an excellent Australian Social Trends piece on Towns of the Mining Boom yesterday, noting the impact of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers. Six of the ten high growth mining towns reported by the ABS are in Queensland (see … Continue reading →

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Qld struck by Dutch Disease – manufacturing employment has plunged in last few years

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Gene Tunny

The so-called Dutch Disease of a booming resources sector and a contracting manufacturing sector has been very evident in Queensland over the last few years, as seen in the chart below based on the latest vintage of ABS quarterly labour … Continue reading →

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RBA confirms QRC analysis – resources sector spends mega bucks domestically

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Gene Tunny

The RBA has released an excellent though technically demanding research paper on Industry Dimensions of the Resources Boom, which has received coverage in today’s Australian (Mining spreads work to 500,000). The RBA analysis confirms the analysis conducted by Reuben Lawrence … Continue reading →

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Billion dollar Jobs Plan assumes local businesses aren’t getting fair share of work from big projects

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Gene Tunny

The Commonwealth Government’s $1 billion Jobs Plan announced today (see media release) appears to be based on an assumption that Australian businesses aren’t getting a fair share of work out of major projects. I find this odd considering the massive … Continue reading →

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Mining has been only “pillar” generating jobs

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Queensland Investment Corporation CEO Damien Frawley made some astute observations on the outlook for Queensland’s economy, which were reported in the Courier-Mail this morning: THE resources boom will leave a lasting legacy for Queensland’s economy regardless of when it runs … Continue reading →

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Brisbane hearing of inquiry into two pillars (ag and resources) today

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Gene Tunny

The public hearing for the Inquiry into Queensland’s Agriculture and Resource Industries in Brisbane today looks very interesting, and I will try to get along to one or two of the sessions, particularly the sessions with the Resources Council and … Continue reading →

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