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Building industry recovery most evident in Brisbane and Central Qld (192% growth through the year)

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Gene Tunny

After reading the Townsville Bulletin report Housing Industry is Rebuilding I found the Master Builders media release on the ABS’s regional building approvals data released earlier this week. The media release includes a useful summary of the data that has … Continue reading →

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Domestic tourism continues to recover in Qld

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Gene Tunny

There is some useful information on recent trends in domestic tourism (i.e. Australians holidaying in Australia) in Tourism Queensland’s latest Domestic Tourism Snapshot for the year ended September 2012. Domestic tourism in Queensland continues to recover, but still appears below … Continue reading →

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Federal fiscal restraint also contributed to Qld’s September qtr slowdown

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Gene Tunny

I’m grateful again to OESR for its repackaging and analysis of ABS data, as its National Accounts State Details brief released yesterday contains a handy table unpacking the September quarter fall in State Final Demand of 1.6%. I’ve reproduced the … Continue reading →

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Unemployment rate may have peaked

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Gene Tunny

There is great news in the ABS Labour force data for November that were released today. Unemployment may have peaked and hopefully we won’t see a repeat of the awful September quarter National Accounts result for Queensland that we saw … Continue reading →

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More young women studying full-time due to sluggish labour market

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Katherine Feeney has an interesting article in the Brisbane Times today on the decline in labour force participation (i.e. working or actively looking for work) among young women in Brisbane since the financial crisis (Young women out of work): In … Continue reading →

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Tourism recovering at slower rate in Qld than in rest of Australia

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Queensland’s tourism industry is recovering at a slower rate than that of the rest of Australia, as shown in these charts from Tourism Queensland’s new International Tourism Snapshot:     Pete Faulkner at Conus Economics Blog has some insightful analysis of … Continue reading →

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Maybe the electricity network hasn’t been gold plated

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Prime Minister Julia Gillard might find it hard to convince South East Queenslanders that the electricity network has been gold plated if we see more power outages such as occurred at Paddington in Brisbane this afternoon around 5.20pm in response … Continue reading →

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Recent studies show potentially large savings in power bills

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is right to draw attention to rising electricity prices and ask whether we can improve the regulation of our electricity networks, with a view to promoting cheaper ways of guaranteeing reliable power supplies. The Queensland Independent … Continue reading →

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Farmers struggling to understand reams of vegetation management regulation

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Given that Queensland has seen some egregious examples of land clearing in the past – recall George Quaid in the 1980s – there is clearly a role for Government in regulating activities affecting native vegetation. However, it is possible Government … Continue reading →

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Government commits to much needed reform of training system

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Gene Tunny

I’m very pleased the Newman Government has embraced the recommendations of the Skills and Training Taskforce to rationalise the TAFE system and introduce much greater contestability of funding (Government response to Skills and Training Taskforce final report): The Government response … Continue reading →

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