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Tag Archives: nq
In the 56th Parliament the main fiscal battle line will be between SEQ and Regional Qld – Joe Branigan guest post
I am delighted to publish another guest post from Joe Branigan on the upcoming Queensland election. Views expressed are Joe’s, and are not necessarily shared by me. GT In the 56th Parliament the main fiscal battle line will be between … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged alp, lnp, nq, onenation, phon, qld, qldelection, qldpol, queensland
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Senator Canavan’s ambitious plan for a State of North Queensland
Senator Matt Canavan, a friend of mine from my Canberra days, is not wasting any time while he is temporarily out of the Cabinet. He is making plans for a new State of North Queensland. With his background as a … Continue reading
Is North Qld under-funded by the State Government relative to the South East?
In Saturday’s Courier-Mail, State Affairs Editor Steven Wardill reported on the unmovable perception among North Queenslanders that their region is under-funded by the State Government, despite official data showing otherwise. Wardill noted: Facts and figures are dismissed out of hand. … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, North Queensland, Uncategorized
Tagged beaudesert, capitalworks, infrastructure, logan, northqld, northqueensland, nq, qld, qldbudget, qldtreasury, queensland
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Adani no go would be bitter blow to Townsville
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill is one of the strongest advocates for the Adani mega mine, and she must now be very worried that the mine will not proceed, and that Townsville will miss out on the mine HQ, FIFO jobs, … Continue reading
Posted in Mining, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged adani, adanimegamine, coal, jobs, northqld, nq, qld, queensland, townsville
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Selling QIC highly desirable and would avoid allegations of political interference regarding mega mine infrastructure
First, my thoughts and prayers are with the people of North Queensland as they wake up to the devastation from Cyclone Debbie. In his extraordinary eulogy for Marie Antoinette, the Anglo-Irish statesman Edmund Burke lamented that the French Queen had … Continue reading
Posted in North Queensland, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged adani, carmichaelmine, coa, commissionofaudit, megamine, northqueensland, nq, qic
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Qld should benefit from strong economic performance in NSW and Victoria
The August job vacancies data released by the ABS yesterday confirm the strong economic performance we are seeing in NSW and Victoria, and they also show encouraging signs for Queensland (see charts below). Given national markets and the linkages between … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, North Queensland, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, jobvacancies, northqueensland, nq, nsw, qld, queensland, townsville, victoria
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Top 10 posts from the first 1,000
Yesterday I posted my 1,000th post, and below are links to the most clicked from the first 1,000. Having grown up in Townsville, and knowing the intense debate the issue causes up North, it didn’t surprise me that a post … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Climate change, Labour market, Townsville
Tagged cairns, carbontax, nq, qld, queensland, townsville, unemployment
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High insurance costs likely to impede development of Northern Australia
Since Cyclone Yasi, insurance premiums have soared in North Queensland as insurance companies have reassessed the risks of insuring properties in the region. Just how much premiums have increased is illustrated by some figures provided to the Joint Select Committee … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, North Queensland, Townsville
Tagged farnorthqld, fnq, insurance, northernaustralia, northqueensland, nq, stratainsurance
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Paul Romer backs Galt’s Gulch for Northern Australia
In her 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand imagined a libertarian community, Galt’s Gulch in Colorado, in which capitalists were free to live unconstrained by Government regulations and didn’t have to pay taxes to support the “moochers.” One of the … Continue reading
Posted in North Queensland
Tagged atlasshrugged, aynrand, northernaustralia, northqueensland, nq, paulromer, townsville
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