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Data released this morning by the ABS shows that in the first quarter of 2014 the population growth rate in Queensland fell below the national average. Total Queensland population increased by 1.6% from the previous year to 4,708,510. The nation as a whole saw growth of 1.7% to 23,425,741. The …read more
There is a well held belief that if the Aussie $ continues to weaken that we will see direct positive flow-through into the tourism industry. It’s a belief that is founded on some sound, and apparently reasonable, assumptions based on the fact that as the A$ falls travel for non-A$ …read more
Some interesting work done by Mark Beath at Loose Change (see his post here) got me thinking about the need for reliable Trend series data for the Participation Rates of all the Queensland Regions (we have previously been calculating these only for Cairns and Townsville). As a result we have …read more
We were asked earlier today, regarding our Cairns Trend employment data, why our figures seemed so different to those from the Queensland Government’s own labour force data (see here). The Queensland Government Statistical Office data shows Cairns employment at 110,000 in Aug 2014, down from 117,000 a year earlier. Our own …read more
After the bizarre jobs data last week (see here for commentary) it is worth remembering that on a Trend basis Queensland saw the unemployment rate tick up to 6.7% from 6.6%. Fortunately the story in the Far North is looking better than that, with yet another month of improvement in …read more
Loose Change yesterday noted the release of the “report card” from the recent DestinationQ forum (see here for the press release). As he points out the claim of the tourism industry in Queensland having “grown by $3.5 bn” since the Newman Government came to power is the same that Tourism …read more
Before the previous state election the LNP’s Economic Blueprint for Queensland committed the new state government to achieving an unemployment rate of 4% in six years (not in this first term, as some seem to be be assuming). With unemployment currently running at 6.7%, and trending higher, what are the chances …read more
After the shock of a weak jobs report last month (see here), the data for August has come in so strong that it’s almost beyond belief. The headline seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has fallen to 6.1% from 6.4% in July with a massive 121,000 new jobs in the month. The …read more
The release by Tourism Research Australia today of the National Visitor Survey for the second quarter 2014 (available here) is yet more bad news for Queensland. Nationwide domestic overnight visits were up 5.1% from a year ago (although expenditure only increased by 3.6%..barely keeping pace with inflation), but to Queensland …read more
An interesting report from Tourism Research Australia on Chinese Resident Perceptions of Queensland was released yesterday. Loose Change has a handy precis of the main finding on his post. What we found rather interesting, and a little strange, was that the #1 “preferred holiday destination in Queensland” for Chinese resident …read more
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