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On Qld’s relative lack of big private sector employers

Posted on March 1, 2018 by

Business registrations data published by the ABS reveal Queensland has disproportionately fewer major private sector employers (with 200+ employees) than southern states. And the gap is particularly disproportionate in several sectors, including information media & telecommunications, professional, scientific & technical … Continue reading →

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Qld’s economic outlook for 2018

Posted on January 12, 2018 by

CCIQ’s Joseph Kelly has published a nice note titled Business 2018 examining the outlook for Queensland business in 2018, in which he suggests “2018 has all the elements to be the year for business.” Factors that will boost Queensland’s economy … Continue reading →

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Population Growth – Queensland’s recent slump (Guest post from Alistair Robson)

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

I am delighted to publish a guest post from my friend and fellow economist Dr Alistair Robson on the slowdown in Queensland’s population growth in recent years. GT Population Growth – Queensland’s recent slump By Dr Alistair Robson Queensland has … Continue reading →

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Growing interstate migration to Qld reflects improving economy & relatively more affordable house prices

Posted on June 28, 2017 by

As well as releasing the first batch of 2016 Census data, the ABS also updated its quarterly population estimates yesterday, and I was very pleased to see net interstate migration to Queensland is picking up nicely (see chart below). This … Continue reading →

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Qld’s lacklustre population and jobs growth have gone hand in hand over the current decade

Posted on March 25, 2017 by

Queensland’s population, now at around 4.9 million, increased 1.4% in the year to 30 September 2016, a growth rate slightly below the national growth rate of 1.5%, but significantly below Victoria’s stand-out growth rate of 2.1% (Chart 1 based on … Continue reading →

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Risk to SEQ economy from likely downswing in residential construction, as market absorbs huge supply shock

Posted on January 3, 2017 by

John McCarthy had a very good opinion piece in yesterday’s Courier-Mail on the “Sorry tale of the great Queensland divide”, in which he contrasted SEQ’s relatively strong economic performance with weakness in many regions, an issue which I frequently commented … Continue reading →

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Victoria still beating Queensland in interstate migration & population growth

Posted on December 18, 2016 by

Since late 2012, Queensland has been losing people to Victoria, a reversal of the historically positive net flow of people from Victoria to Queensland (see chart below based on the latest ABS population estimates published Thursday last week). While the … Continue reading →

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