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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
- Heat map of Brisbane metro property prices – big opportunities in the Western corridor?
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- Thoughts after first full day of Brisbane lockdown
- Top twenty largest cities and towns in Queensland by population
- How did the Qld government accumulate so much debt?
- Did the financial crisis lead to an increase in Queensland's crime rate?
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Tag Archives: productivitycommission
Is banning plastic bags the best option to tackle litter and reduce waste?
Guest post by Rod Bogaards It looks like a push is on to ban single-use plastic bags nationally according to the Courier-Mail. A ban has already been implemented in some of the smaller states and territories but not elsewhere. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, cba, costbenefitanalysis, environment, ephc, pc, plasticbags, productivitycommission
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Australia Awards program with Indonesian Finance Ministry officials on strengthening the public policy process
In late October, I felt honoured to deliver workshops on economic forecasting and industry policy to officials from the Indonesian Ministry of Finance. The officials were recipients of Australia Awards from the Australian Government and were visiting Brisbane to attend … Continue reading
Productivity Commission re-litigates road pricing reform
In situations where demand exceeds supply, a good or service can either be rationed by queuing or rationed by price. Economic theory is clear that it is most efficient to ration by price, as the good or service goes to … Continue reading
Posted in Transport
Tagged airportlink, clem7, congestion, congestioncharges, congestionpricing, infrastucture, pc, ppp, productivitycommission, roadpricing, roads, supplyanddemand
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Time for a Sensible Debate on Broadening the GST Net – Guest post from Michael Willis
Last week, I spoke with Ben Davis from 4BC about broadening the GST (see 4BC interview on KPMG’s analysis of GST increase for CPA Australia). Our discussion was pretty high-level, and there were many detailed issues we could have discussed … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Education, Tax
Tagged australia, gonski, gst, natsem, privateschools, productivitycommission, schoolfees
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Productivity Commission has scope to consider student visa rorts
One of my loyal readers often says to me that “Australians love a good rort”, and indeed there are several government policies and programs that allow rorting to various degrees. So I’m pleased that the fiercely independent Productivity Commission is … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged australia, education, highereducation, pc, productivitycommission, studentvisas, training, VET
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PC natural disaster funding recommendations could cost Qld over a billion
The Productivity Commission has injected a huge dose of economic rationalism into its recent draft report on natural disaster funding, which contains a recommendation to cut future Commonwealth support from 75% to 50% of the repair bill – a recommendation … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Cyclones, Floods
Tagged australia, naturaldisasters, pc, productivitycommission, qld, queensland
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Qld tourism continues to under-perform
Evidence continues to mount on the failure of Queensland’ tourism promotion policies, which I’ve commented on before (TEQ deserved funding cut – no turnaround in share of international visitors). New Tourism Research Australia data shows that, while domestic tourism (Australians … Continue reading
Illogical to reject Uber over safety concerns
It’s disappointing the Queensland Transport Minister Scott Emerson has been swayed by the taxi industry’s argument that safety regulations and supply restrictions (i.e. a limited number of taxi licences) are both needed to ensure passenger safety (Brisbane no closer to … Continue reading
Minimum wage reduces retail jobs available for young people
Walking around the newly renovated Indooroopilly Shoppingtown in Brisbane’s western suburbs recently, I was struck by how many high-end clothing and jewellery stores there now are in the centre. Partly this would be because high-end shops would be more likely … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Retail trade
Tagged australia, minimumwage, pc, productivitycommission, retailtrade
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Large fare savings possible from taxi industry deregulation
My friend and colleague Brad Rogers has a great post at his blog on Queensland Taxi Licenses and Drunken Violence. Brad argues: Queensland’s taxi regulations are costing the Brisbane public over $80 million per year and may be contributing to drunken … Continue reading
Posted in Industry policy
Tagged pc, productivitycommission, qld, queensland, taxilicences, taxis
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