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Bailouts in this time of coronavirus with Dr Dan Mitchell – podcast interview

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Industry bailouts by governments have been subject to intense debate in this time of coronavirus, including in Australia where the airline Virgin Australia is in voluntary administration and seeking additional financial support from government. Last weekend, I discussed industry bailouts … Continue reading →

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Global population trends on Economics Explained podcast

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Gene Tunny

There are currently around 7.7 billion people in the world. The UN is projecting global population will increase to 9.7 billion by 2050 and to nearly 11 billion by 2100. Obviously, this projected growth raises a range of economic, social, … Continue reading →

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Government right to consider migration for aged care, child care and disability care jobs

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Gene Tunny

One of the most interesting things I did while at the Treasury was to help develop the program for the first G20 meeting in Australia, which was a workshop on Demographic Challenges and Migration, held in Sydney in August 2005, … Continue reading →

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ACE2015 careers session on a day in the life of a professional economist

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Gene Tunny

The 2015 Australian Conference of Economists (ACE2015) has commenced in Brisbane at QUT’s Gardens Point campus. Yesterday I participated as a panelist in a session at the PhD Colloquium on a day in the life of a professional economist, along … Continue reading →

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Japanese tourism revival may be unlikely given demographic trends

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Gene Tunny

I noticed a report in the Cairns Post this morning regarding an initiative aimed at reviving Japanese tourism to Far North Queensland: THE tourism industry is pinning its hopes on a new joint Australia and Japan tourism campaign to return … Continue reading →

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