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‘Hollywood Australia’ supported by generous tax credits and other government subsidies

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Gene Tunny

The Australian is reporting ‘Hollywood Australia’ a $1.5bn movie blockbuster extravaganza, covering the surge in international film productions such as Thor: Love and Thunder filming in Australia. This is partly related to Australia’s success in managing COVID and also to … Continue reading →

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Picking winners – industry policy podcast chat with Craig Lawrence

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Gene Tunny

With the Queensland Government willing to invest $200 million in Virgin Australia to keep its HQ in Brisbane, I thought it would be timely to record a podcast interview on investment attraction and industry policy more broadly. On Tuesday, I … Continue reading →

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Weekend reading: CIS Policy mag featuring my article on film industry subsidies, available at good newsagents

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Gene Tunny

If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, you could try the latest issue of the Centre for Independent Studies’ magazine Policy, which includes some excellent feature articles. These include an article on the worrying levels of public debt … Continue reading →

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Ragnarok in Brissywood

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Gene Tunny

Next week, the Brisbane CBD road closures for the filming of scenes for Thor: Ragnarok will obviously, through the disruption to traffic and local businesses, add to the already large multi-million dollar cost to the Queensland community of hosting the … Continue reading →

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