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- Protectionist Buy Queensland policy unlikely to survive in current form
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Recent tweets
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- RT @BrendanCoates: If 4 Corners last night has you worried about the housing market, you might want to check out this piece. https://t.co/k… 1 day ago
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- RT @CCIQLD: Energy costs are number 1 constraint on business in Queensland according to latest @suncorpbank CCIQ Pulse Survey. https://t.co… 2 days ago
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- Pros and cons of a $300M royalties holiday for the Adani mega mine
- Rising workforce participation reflects improved jobs market in Qld
- Robust SEQ economy distracts us from weakness in regions, particularly in Townsville
- Trouble in Qld construction industry & worse may be to come
- Comments policy
- Treasury dumps wellbeing framework & defines principal objectives around Budget, productivity and globalisation
- Population Growth – Queensland’s recent slump (Guest post from Alistair Robson)
- Improved economic conditions may give Qld Gov't confidence to call early election
- QR-Aurizon experience shows benefits of privatisation - Steel on Steel is recommended reading
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Tag Archives: qldgovt
Fantastic December quarter result for Qld economy
The December quarter National Accounts showed a strong rebound for the Australian economy, with economic growth at 1.1 percent for the quarter, while State Final Demand for Queensland grew at 0.9 percent over the quarter according to the ABS. (Note … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, australianeconomy, gdp, nationalaccounts, qldeconomy, qldgovt
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No tears for BaT tunnel – it most likely didn’t stack up
Whichever party forms government in Queensland, the Bus and Train (BaT) tunnel project is no more, as reported by the Brisbane Times (BaT tunnel plans scrapped). I was always skeptical about the economic case for the project, and was very … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Transport
Tagged battunnel, brisbane, crossriverrail, qld, qldgovt, queensland
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Top ten contractors supplying to Qld Government
Business people and professionals across Queensland will be interested in data recently uploaded to the Queensland Government’s http://www.data.qld.gov.au website, particularly because it will allow them to check how much Government work their competitors have obtained (Queensland contract disclosure—$10,000 and above). For … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government
Tagged contractors, contracts, data, opendata, qld, qldgovt, queensland
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Qld Govt follows through on open data policy – now I know where all the E-Type Jaguars prowl
A tweet by Possum Comitatus yesterday alerted me to the newly released data on car registrations in Queensland released under the Queensland Government’s new open data policy. This is an extensive database, including nearly every bit of relevant registration data … Continue reading
