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Pete spoke to John MacKenzie on Radio 4CA this morning about the turn-around in tourism in the Cassowary Coast and what might be contributing to it. You can listen below…
A more detailed analysis of the Conus Trend Queensland Regional Jobs data released yesterday (see here for comments and to download the data) shows us clearly how the Rest of Queensland (RoQ) is falling behind Greater Brisbane in almost all measures over the past 12 months. Greater Brisbane has added …read more
There’s a great deal of interest in the regional jobs data, not least from Townsville where the picture continues to get worse. I spoke to David Chen from ABC North in Townsville yesterday afternoon.
Today saw the release of the ABS Regional Labour Force data and we have now completed work on the full set of Conus Trend estimates. What we find is an improving story in Cairns driven by a pick up in full-time work and employment in the middle aged (25-44 years) …read more
Our good friend Graham Turner at GFC Economics in London has today released his quarterly Australia Economic Chartbook. It’s always interesting to see the way that such a respected economist from the other side of the world views our economy. The overview at the start of the Chartbook states… Australia has …read more
The CCRC Budget for 2016-17 was handed down at a meeting yesterday with the full details now available on the Council’s website. General Rates see a 1.95% increase while the total increase in Rates and Utility Charges is 2.21%. Previous budgets had assumed increases in total Rates and Utility Charges …read more
Today saw the handing down of the Cassowary Coast Regional Council’s 2016/17 $74.4 million Budget, the first under the newly elected Council. The headline increase in general rates is 1.95% which is the lowest since amalgamation (last year was +2.95%). With increases in charges the average increase to rates and …read more
Our recent posts on youth unemployment (see here for an example) have certainly created some interest. John McCarthy from the Courier Mail spoke to me on Sunday which resulted in an article in the paper on Monday, which was also picked up by The Cairns Post; it quoted extensively from …read more
The June labour force data released by the ABS today shows the headline (seasonally adjusted) unemployment rate nudged slightly higher to 5.8% (from 5.7%) on the back of a lift in the Participation Rate to 64.9, despite steady jobs growth of +7,900. Also on the plus-side was upward revisions to …read more
There has been much talk recently about the very high level of youth unemployment in the Cairns region; and rightly so. We’ve been taking a close look at the issue for some time and believe that the Conus Trend data series we’ve developed gives us the best and clearest picture …read more
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