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Tag Archives: townsville
Adani no go would be bitter blow to Townsville
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill is one of the strongest advocates for the Adani mega mine, and she must now be very worried that the mine will not proceed, and that Townsville will miss out on the mine HQ, FIFO jobs, … Continue reading
Posted in Mining, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged adani, adanimegamine, coal, jobs, northqld, nq, qld, queensland, townsville
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Townsville getting $250M Super Stadium, but running out of water
One definition of economics is that it is the study of the allocation of scarce resources to competing uses. It says each additional dollar should go to the use which provides the greatest additional benefit. As such, it looks very … Continue reading
Posted in Townsville, Uncategorized, Water
Tagged footy, nrl, townsville, townsvillesuperstadium, water, watercrisis
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Comments in Courier-Mail on Qld regional economies and structural change
Today, the Courier-Mail is re-launching its GoQld campaign, this time with a focus on regional economies. It has rightly identified the large divergence in employment growth between SEQ and the rest of Queensland, and it is reporting a loss of … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Mining, North Queensland, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, agriculture, employment, goldcoast, jobs, manufacturing, mining, qld, queensland, structuralchange, toowoomba, townsville
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Why the Adani mega mine is welcome news in Townsville
It is welcome news to the local community that Adani will base its Carmichael coal mine headquarters in Townsville , which has struggled with job losses and high unemployment over the last couple of years. The Townsville Bulletin reports: “Townsville … Continue reading
Posted in Mining, North Queensland, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged adani, adanimegamine, coal, coalmine, employment, galileebasin, jobs, qldtreasury, townsville, townsvillebulletin, unemploymentrate
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Qld should benefit from strong economic performance in NSW and Victoria
The August job vacancies data released by the ABS yesterday confirm the strong economic performance we are seeing in NSW and Victoria, and they also show encouraging signs for Queensland (see charts below). Given national markets and the linkages between … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, North Queensland, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, jobvacancies, northqueensland, nq, nsw, qld, queensland, townsville, victoria
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Good news for the economy as Qld businesses increase investment in machinery & equipment
Despite having some weak regional economies, particularly in the Townsville and Queensland outback regions, the State economy overall recorded reasonably healthy growth in State Final Demand in the June quarter of 0.7 percent in seasonally adjusted terms. This is very … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Mining, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, australia, mining, qld, qldeconomy, qldoutback, queensland, sfd, townsville
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Townsville’s double digit unemployment rate signifies major downturn in region
Yesterday afternoon I had a good chat with Pat Hession on Townsville ABC Radio about the latest discouraging unemployment data for my old home town of Townsville. Readers will be familiar with the vastly different economic conditions across Queensland (see … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, jobs, qldtreasury, queensland, townsville, unemployment
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