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The indicators look great, but the recovery is very uneven across the economy
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
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, australia, buildingindustry, consumerconfidence, consumersentiment, hospitality, jobs, johnson, qld, queensland, springhill, tourism, unemploymentrate
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Qld Premier highlights my JobKeeper comments in Instagram post
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
Posted in Cairns, Macroeconomy
Tagged australia, aviation, cairns, coronavirus, covid-19, depression, hospitality, inqld, jobkeeper, qld, queensland, tourism
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Post-JobKeeper viability a concern of many Qld businesses
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
Posted in Cairns, Macroeconomy
Tagged cairns, cciq, economicoutlook, insolvencies, internationaltourism, jobkeeper, pulse, qldeconomy, savings, tourism, whitsundays
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Qld’s economy definitely fared better than Victoria’s which suffered badly from Stage 4 restrictions
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
Posted in Macroeconomy, Tourism
Tagged abs, australia, cairns, coronavirus, covid-19, hoursworked, jobkeeper, lfs, qld, queensland, tourism, victoria
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Qld Premier deserves some criticism, but she’s right to highlight needs of struggling tourism-dependent businesses
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
JobKeeper has been stimulating in multiple ways – evidence from Lush Marcoola
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
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged aviation, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, hospitality, jobkeeper, nationalaccounts, prostitution, tourism
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Industry wants changes to Qld CHO emergency powers extension bill
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
Posted in Queensland Government
Tagged cciq, civilliberties, coronavirus, covid-19, industry, nsw, qld, qldparliament, qtic, tourism
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Bad news for Qld tourism as border restrictions being re-imposed
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
Qld risks becoming a hermit state if vaccine isn’t safe and effective
Even though Adelaide doesn’t yet meet the Commonwealth’s definition of a COVID hotspot (as pointed out by Andrew Clennell on Sky Australia today), the Queensland Government rushed to declare it one and to impose quarantine requirements on travellers from Adelaide, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged adelaide, coronavirus, covid-19, economy, nsw, qld, sa, tourism, victoria
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PM thinks he has agreement with Premier on border, but it’s the CHO who makes the decisions
Sky News has reported PM confident Berejiklian- Palaszczuk border battle will end by Christmas, and PM Scott Morrison has said he has an agreement with both Premiers for Queensland to be fully open to NSW, including Greater Sydney, by Christmas. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, interstateborders, nationalcabinet, pm, qld, queensland, tourism, tra
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