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- Line of 200 people for Gaythorne open house evidence of relative lack of suitable properties in Brisbane - partly due to restrictive zoning policies
- Upcoming Qld Parliamentary Committee appearance regarding COVID emergency and CHO powers on Friday
- Chat with 4BC's Scott Emerson about Qld economic outlook
- Heat map of Brisbane metro property prices – big opportunities in the Western corridor?
- On extension of CHO emergency powers, Griffith legal academic makes scathing submission to Parliamentary Committee
- Top twenty largest cities and towns in Queensland by population
- Qld CHO emergency powers extension bill submission
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Tag Archives: nz
Thoughts on the border decision and QPC’s productivity reform livestream
First, better late than never I suppose, so I should be thankful the Queensland Government, on 1 December, will finally open up the state to Sydneysiders and let us travel to Sydney without having to endure hotel quarantine when we … Continue reading
Posted in IR, Macroeconomy, Productivity
Tagged australia, coronavirus, covid-19, manufacturing, mutualrecognition, nsw, nz, occupationallicencing, productivitycommission, qld, queensland, sydney, workplacerelations
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Upcoming QPC Productivity Reform livestream on 24 November
The Queensland Productivity Commission (QPC) has arranged an upcoming livestream on Productivity Reform in Australia and NZ, scheduled for 24 November, with some well known Australian and NZ economists, econo-crats, and pundits. According to the program we’ll hear from, among … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Productivity
Tagged australia, ncp, nz, qld, qpc, queensland, queenslandproductivitycommission
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Highlights of recent coronavirus-related podcast episodes
In my latest Economics Explained podcast episode, I review some of the big issues covered in recent episodes on coronavirus. Brisbane-based businessman Tim Hughes of Urban Ergo and I react to excerpts of recent episodes and discuss the important policy … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, bailouts, coronaimmunity, coronavirus, covid-19, covidsafe, debt, mmt, modernmonetarytheory, moneyprinting, nz, quantitytheoryofmoney, radicaluncertainty, uk, usa
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Coronavirus policy responses with Joe Branigan – latest Economics Explained episode
Last night I recorded an Economics Explained podcast interview with my good friend and former Treasury colleague Joe Branigan of Tulipwood Economics on the economic impact of coronavirus and the economic cost of responding to it. Use these timestamps to … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, coronavirus, costbenefitanalysis, covid-19, economy, italy, nz, us
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Interview on Buy Qld with Dave Pellowe
The State Government’s new Buy Queensland policy giving local firms extra weighting in procurement processes came into effect yesterday. I recorded an interview over Skype on the policy yesterday afternoon with Dave Pellowe for his new Youtube channel Pellowe Talk: … Continue reading
Posted in Industry policy, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged buyqld, nz, procurement, qld, queensland, radionz
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Comments to Radio NZ on Buy Qld policy
I had a nice chat with Radio New Zealand yesterday afternoon regarding the State Government’s new Buy Queensland policy, which I have previously criticised as protectionist and parochial and not in our State’s best interests. The policy comes into effect … Continue reading
Posted in Queensland Government, Trade, Uncategorized
Tagged buyqld, nz, protectionism, qld, queensland, radionz, trade
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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
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Great RBA speech highlighting new labour market flexibility and links with NZ labour market
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
Posted in Labour market
Tagged abs, australia, employment, esaqld, gdp, jobs, labourmarket, nz, qld, queensland, rba
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CIS still seeking students & recent graduates for Liberty & Society weekends
The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is still seeking students and recent graduates to participate in either of its upcoming Liberty & Society weekends, with one in Sydney over 8-10 May and the other in Perth over 17-19 July. These … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged australia, cis, classicalliberalism, l&s, liberty&society, newzealand, nz
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