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Recent Posts
- Certified Corona-Immunity as a Resource with Prof. Benno Torgler, QUT – Economics Explained ep.30
- 612 ABC Brisbane follow-up interview on AOFM bond auctions/gov’t borrowing
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- Paradox of Thrift in recessions and depressions
- The Fast Depression – 10 million newly jobless Americans in just two weeks
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- Certified Corona-Immunity as a Resource with Prof. Benno Torgler, QUT - Economics Explained ep.30
- Heat map of Brisbane metro property prices – big opportunities in the Western corridor?
- Top twenty largest cities and towns in Queensland by population
- QR-Aurizon experience shows benefits of privatisation - Steel on Steel is recommended reading
- Catch up on COVID-19 with CCIQ Chief Economist Dr Marcus Smith
- Ten years since Queensland lost its AAA credit rating
- Huge financial sustainability challenges for Qld’s remote Indigenous councils
- 612 ABC Brisbane follow-up interview on AOFM bond auctions/gov't borrowing
- Which Qld regions are the most productive per capita?
- The Fast Depression – 10 million newly jobless Americans in just two weeks
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Tag Archives: stampduty
Qld Budget interviews with ABC’s Steve Austin & 4BC’s Ross Greenwood
While chatting with 612 ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin and fellow interviewee Nick Behrens this afternoon, I almost chuckled when Steve asked me whether this Queensland state budget, in which total debt is projected to head toward $90 billion by 2022-23, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged 4bc, abc, adani, budget, coal, qld, stampduty
2 Comments
Trad’s Cross River Rail & state budget plans wrecked by Coalition victory
Queensland Deputy Premier and Treasurer Jackie Trad and her senior Treasury officials will be vexed by the implications of the shock federal Coalition victory yesterday for Cross River Rail funding and the state budget. I expect Trad and state Treasury … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Transport
Tagged adani, capitalgains, coal, crossriverrail, crr, debt, frankingcredits, negativegearing, property, qldtreasury, royalties, stampduty, statebudget
2 Comments
Housing industry round table with Treasurer Frydenberg at Parliament House on Monday 18/2/19
I felt honoured to attend a housing industry round table with federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Assistant Treasurer Zed Seselja at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 18 February 2019. Prime Minister Scott Morrison opened the round table but had … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged alp, australia, canberra, capitalgains, cgt, housing, masterbuilders, negativegearing, propertycouncil, stampduty, tax, taxation, treasury, udia
2 Comments
South Brisbane & South Townsville top Qld in building approvals so far in 2017-18
In my last post, I considered the Queensland construction industry outlook. In today’s post, I take advantage of new data on building approvals at the small area level (ABS SA2 regions) for 2017-18 so far released by the ABS yesterday. … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Housing, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, act, bcc, brisbane, brisbanecitycouncil, buildingapprovals, heritage, heritageprotection, hfe, housing, landtax, nqstadium, qldtreasury, queenslanders, stampduty, townsville
2 Comments
NSW winning fiscal State of Origin
My former Treasury colleague and old friend Joe Branigan, now at Cadence Economics and SMART Infrastructure Facility, was quick to tweet a State-of-Origin themed chart yesterday following the release of the NSW State Budget (see Joe’s chart below). As noted … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged assetrecycling, assetsales, budget, infrastructure, nsw, nswtreasury, privatisation, qld, queensland, stampduty, stateoforigin
4 Comments
Qld second biggest winner from GST redistribution
Queensland is the second biggest winner from the carve up of GST revenue that is dictated by the Commonwealth Grants Commission. In 2016-17, Queensland is to receive $2.1 billion more than we would if the GST revenue, which is collected … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged cgc, gocs, gst, nt, payrolltax, qld, queensland, stampduty
2 Comments
PC calls for partial inclusion of family home in pension means test
Last week, Treasurer Scott Morrison warned young Australians not to expect they can rely on the age pension in the future. This was good advice, because the budgetary pressures facing the Commonwealth Government, emphasised again this week in grim forecasts … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged agepension, assettest, australia, familyhome, housing, meanstest, ncoa, pc, stampduty
4 Comments
