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Tag Archives: victoria
Population Growth – Queensland’s recent slump (Guest post from Alistair Robson)
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
Posted in Population, Uncategorized
Tagged congestion, houseprices, nsw, nt, population, qld, queensland, victoria, wa
2 Comments
Growing interstate migration to Qld reflects improving economy & relatively more affordable house prices
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
Posted in Population, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, census, employment, interstatemigration, jobs, nsw, overseasmigration, qld, victoria
2 Comments
Qld’s lacklustre population and jobs growth have gone hand in hand over the current decade
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
Posted in Labour market, Population, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, australia, economy, employment, immigration, interstatemigration, jobs, labourmarket, migration, population, populationgrowth, qld, queensland, victoria
1 Comment
Risk to SEQ economy from likely downswing in residential construction, as market absorbs huge supply shock
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
Posted in Housing, Uncategorized
Tagged buildingapprovals, dwellinginvestment, propertymarket, queensland, seq, stockonmarket, supply, unitprices, units, victoria
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Victoria still beating Queensland in interstate migration & population growth
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
Posted in Population, queensland, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, brisbane, employment, fulltimeemployment, infrastructure, interstatemigration, jobs, liveability, melbourne, population, populationgrowth, qld, queensland, victoria
3 Comments
Inquiry should consider contestability and privatisation of QR services
One of the alleged benefits of public provision of services is that levels of service and reliability are higher than for private provision, but the crisis engulfing Queensland Rail at the moment suggests we should question that purported benefit. It … Continue reading
Posted in Queensland Rail, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged contestability, efficiency, franchising, privatisation, qr, queenslandrail, reliability, uk, victoria
6 Comments
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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