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Blog posts December 2018

Queensland Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Review 2018-19

The Queensland Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Review 2017-18 has been released providing an update on the State's economic and fiscal position since the State Budget delivered in June of this year.  

Key points include:

  • The surplus has been revised upwards from $148 million to $524 million i…

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Is Queensland out of step with our increasing public service headcount?

There has been a lot of talk this year about growth in public sector numbers in Queensland.  With the Mid-year Fiscal and Economic Review (MYFER) to be delivered this week QEAS takes a look at this important topic. 

This issue tends to focus on growth across years (longitudinal comparison).  W…

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Queensland's Domestic Economy - September Quarter 2018 Update

Latest ABS data confirms Queensland's domestic economic growth has now peaked and is falling away which has considerable implications for future employment growth in the Sunshine State.

In trend terms, our domestic economy grew by only 0.1 per cent in the September quarter and in seasonally adju…

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Queensland's productivity continues to rise in 2017-18

QEAS has previously had a very close interest in Queensland productivity given the profound importance it has for the economy and living standards. Productivity measures the efficiency with which combined labour and capital inputs are transformed into product or service outputs which is called ‘m…

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