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Inquiry should consider contestability and privatisation of QR services

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Gene Tunny

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 →

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Qld should benefit from strong economic performance in NSW and Victoria

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Gene Tunny

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 →

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Comments on asset sales/privatisation in Saturday’s Courier-Mail

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Gene Tunny

At the IAQ Infrastructure Summit in Brisbane on Thursday last week, several participants lamented that Queensland was missing out on the benefits of so-called asset recycling that NSW and Victoria were expecting. The privatisation issue will not die in Queensland, … Continue reading →

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Qld returns to fourth place in population growth as WA falls back

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Gene Tunny

The new population data released by the ABS last week reveal Queensland is still growing slower than the national average, and much slower than Victoria (see first chart below), a State to which we are still losing interstate migrants in … Continue reading →

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ABC radio interview on population growth & State income tax proposal

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Gene Tunny

I had an enjoyable chat with Steve Austin on 612 ABC Brisbane radio this morning regarding two topics, Queensland’s underwhelming population growth rate and the State income tax proposal from the Commonwealth Government: Fewer people moving interstate to Queensland The … Continue reading →

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Qld has fallen to 5th place in rate of population growth among States & Territories

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Gene Tunny

The end of the mining boom and broader economic sluggishness have no doubt contributed to Queensland falling to fifth place in terms of population growth among Australian States and Territories (see chart below based on ABS data released on Thursday). … Continue reading →

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Paul Syvret’s Courier-Mail article on weak population growth spelling trouble for Qld economy

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Thanks to Paul Syvret from the Courier-Mail for quoting me on migration and population trends in his opinion piece published in the paper today on Weak population growth could spell trouble for Queensland economy. For the record, here are some … Continue reading →

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Interstate migration to Qld remains low, and we’re still losing people to Victoria

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Gene Tunny

For over a year now, I’ve been commenting on the reversal of the long-term pattern of Queensland gaining people from Victoria through interstate migration (e.g. see this post from June). This reversal has contributed to a large decline in interstate … Continue reading →

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Qld public service redundancies likely contributed to spike in migration to NSW & Victoria

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Gene Tunny

Following the ABC radio and online news coverage I received yesterday on the interstate migration issue, a friend of mine pointed out that redundancies in recent years, notably in the Queensland public service (which I thought were necessary for efficiency … Continue reading →

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Queenslanders leaving for professional jobs in Victoria

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Gene Tunny

For over two years now, Queensland has been a net loser of people to Victoria, as the historically reliable net migration of people from Victoria to Queensland has reversed (first chart below). The conditions for mass migration out of Victoria … Continue reading →

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