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Mark Beath over at Loose Change has written a very interesting piece on the trends for rental rates in some major QLD centres. While his commentary focuses on the changes in Cairns, and makes mention of the potential Aquis-effect on future rentals, it is also interesting to see the impact …read more
Despite a tick up in the headline, seasonally adjusted, unemployment rate in June to 6.0% (from an upwardly revised 5.9% in May), the data is certainly not all bad. Jobs increased by 15,900 in the month with a decline of 3,800 full-time jobs more than offset by 19,700 new part-time …read more
Tourism Research Australia’s National Visitor Survey for the quarter to March 2014 was released today (and is available for download here). It shows domestic travellers for the year to March up 4.0% across the country with a 2.2% increase in those travelling on holiday (as opposed to business or visiting …read more
Here in the Cassowary Coast we are waiting to see what the Council budget will hold. In light of the (failed) move to de-amalgamate the old Cardwell Shire it is interesting to see how the de-amalgamated Douglas Shire has gone with its first budget. Rates are increased by 5.2%, but …read more
Today’s release by the ABS of the Cost of Living Indexes show that the cost of living is starting to more closely reflect the measure of inflation (as measured by CPI). In previous quarters we have seen cost of living increases for most households holding well below the rate of …read more
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