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Recent Posts
- Courier-Mail & 612 ABC Brisbane media this week regarding jobs growth & small business
- Bigger is better – small businesses once employed over half of private sector workers but no longer
- Unmissable upcoming Lowy Institute Choosing Openness paper launch with Andrew Leigh
- With One Nation as likely power brokers, expect greater share of Qld Gov’t CAPEX in regions
- Strong jobs figures for Qld, although much of recent increase was in part-time employment
Recent tweets
- RT @BaldwinRE: _ Krugman at dinner: Trump turned out less dangerous than feared since the incompetence is so thoroughly woven into the male… 10 hours ago
- RT @sophisticatedau: #Buffett holding over 20% #cash holding says #stocks expensive. What happens next #gfc @MichaelEDrew https://t.co/HET… 13 hours ago
- RT @adamlmorton: NAIF not assessing coal power station, regardless of what’s been said afr.com/news/politics/… 20 hours ago
- RT @LSEpoliticsblog: Why did the Conservatives lose the 1945 election? buff.ly/2jQBgxs https://t.co/O9hBh7eBaa 21 hours ago
- RT @wto: We now gathering your trade questions for the #WTOPublicForum. Use #AskPF17! https://t.co/OafOO22aT7 1 day ago
Top Posts & Pages
- Courier-Mail & 612 ABC Brisbane media this week regarding jobs growth & small business
- Bigger is better - small businesses once employed over half of private sector workers but no longer
- Top twenty largest cities and towns in Queensland by population
- Michael Porter on Cairns's tourism cluster
- Townsville’s double digit unemployment rate signifies major downturn in region
- Protectionist Buy Queensland policy unlikely to survive in current form
- Post-Viridian, bodies corporate need economists - guest post by Stephen Thornton
- Growing interstate migration to Qld reflects improving economy & relatively more affordable house prices
- Gold Coast should worry less about its over-reliance on property, tourism and retail
- Queenslanders less active than other Australians - no surprise we lead Australia in obesity
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Tag Archives: tax
Great work BDO, which had the best Budget summary (and a highly entertaining breakfast)
Leading accounting firm BDO consistently produces the best federal Budget summary, and this year’s did not let them down. The sub-title of the 2017 Federal Budget summary is: A quick sprint to the finish line for housing affordability, but still … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged auspol, banklevy, banks, bcec, bdo, budget, federalbudget, housingaffordability, negativegearing, suncorp, super, tax
1 Comment
The economics of President Trump – upcoming ESA Qld event
As Secretary of the Economic Society of Australia (QLD) I am pleased to announce our upcoming event on “The economics of President Trump”, on the evening of Wednesday 22 February at the Ship Inn, in its upstairs function room, at … Continue reading
Should Queensland legalise recreational marijuana use?
My friend and fellow economist Dr Stephen Thornton of Bluegreen Economics has released a report advocating for the legalisation of marijuana for recreational use in Queensland. While the Queensland Parliament has recently passed a law allowing medicinal marijuana use, we … Continue reading
Posted in Social policy, Uncategorized
Tagged canada, cannabis, colorado, marijuana, massachusetts, pot, queensland, regulation, tax
4 Comments
Could we cope with two Federal Budgets in one year?
Michael Roche, QRC CEO, and I at Jade Buddha for the Resources Roundup At the QRC Resources Roundup at Jade Buddha, Brisbane CBD on Wednesday afternoon, after I provided my thoughts on the 2016-17 Budget, I was asked whether there … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Mining, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, bdo, budget, esaqld, negativegearing, qld, queensland, scomo, super, tax, treasury, turnbull
4 Comments
“Responsible economic management & fiscal restraint”-really?
The 2016-17 Budget is very disappointing, but economists and former Treasury officials were always going to be disappointed in an election year. It is also a Budget that is particularly disappointing to the Queensland Government, due to a lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, budget, budgetrepair, deficit, infrastructure, internships, qld, queensland, tax
6 Comments
Update on lockout law debate
Rod Bogaards’ recent guest post on the proposed lockout law was quoted by Paul Syvret in the Courier-Mail yesterday in his opinion piece Lockout laws’ knock-on effects need to be weighed. Regarding the proposed law, Syvret noted: The problem is … Continue reading
Posted in Social policy, Uncategorized
Tagged alcohol, couriermail, excise, lockoutlaws, qld, queensland, sintax, tax
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