Tag Archives: tourism

Qld economy’s growth rate reduced by business CAPEX fall

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Queensland had the second lowest rate of State Final Demand (SFD) growth in the first quarter of 2021, according to the March quarter National Accounts published by the ABS yesterday. Queensland’s SFD grew at 0.4% compared with a national average … Continue reading →

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Queenslanders, sign up for Brisbane Holiday Dollars lottery

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Gene Tunny

The Brisbane Holiday Dollars voucher program is a tiny stimulus from a macroeconomic perspective, representing only $3 million of state government funding at the most, but businesses dependent on tourism need all the help they can get given all the … Continue reading →

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The indicators look great, but the recovery is very uneven across the economy

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Gene Tunny

In the vicinity of my office at the Johnson Hotel on Boundary St, Spring Hill, I see the ongoing impacts of the pandemic on the economy. The hotel restaurant-cafe Tumbling Stone hasn’t reopened since it shut in March last year, … Continue reading →

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Qld Premier highlights my JobKeeper comments in Instagram post

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Thanks to John McCarthy for yesterday’s InQld story picking up my comments in yesterday’s QEW post regarding the need for the federal government to extend JobKeeper in some form for tourism-dependent businesses. John’s story has been noticed and shared by … Continue reading →

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Post-JobKeeper viability a concern of many Qld businesses

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Gene Tunny

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) has released its CCIQ Pulse Survey of Business Conditions for December quarter 2020, and it shows a continuation of the recovery in the second half of 2020 in business conditions and confidence … Continue reading →

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Qld’s economy definitely fared better than Victoria’s which suffered badly from Stage 4 restrictions

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Weirdly, CommSec’s latest State of the States report ranked Victoria in 3rd place and Queensland in 5th place, even though Queensland’s economy has definitely fared much better during the pandemic than Victoria’s. In my Thursday post I discussed how silly … Continue reading →

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Qld Premier deserves some criticism, but she’s right to highlight needs of struggling tourism-dependent businesses

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Gene Tunny

The NSW Premier, Sky Australia hosts, and other commentators have been quick to criticise Queensland Premier Palaszczuk over her call for the federal government to extend JobKeeper beyond the end of March for struggling tourism-dependent businesses, particularly those in Cairns … Continue reading →

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JobKeeper has been stimulating in multiple ways – evidence from Lush Marcoola

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Well done to Matty Holdsworth from the Sunshine Coast Daily for some excellent reporting on the Lush Marcoola brothel which was re-printed in today’s print edition of the Courier-Mail on p. 47: YOUNG men cashed up on JobKeeper payments kept … Continue reading →

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Industry wants changes to Qld CHO emergency powers extension bill

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Gene Tunny

This afternoon, in a hearing of the Queensland Parliament’s Health and Environment Committee, Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) head Daniel Gschwind and CCIQ Policy and Advocacy GM Amanda Rohan both expressed major concerns about the Queensland Government’s bill to extend … Continue reading →

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Bad news for Qld tourism as border restrictions being re-imposed

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Just a few weeks ago, the Queensland Premier was telling Sydneysiders she wants them to come to Queensland, but now they need a COVID test on arrival and need to isolate until they’re cleared, as the state tightens the border … Continue reading →

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