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Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... restrictions, and the country's other states to close their borders with Australia's second largest state. Queensland even went further by shutting its borders with New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The cycle hit ...

Mixed results at Bjelke-Peterson estate sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
A Lloyds auction of the estate of controversial former Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Peterson produced mixed results. One of the big ticket items was a piece of paraphernalia from 1969, when the astronauts who landed on the moon toured the world attending ...

AFP charges early release scammers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... payments totalling $113,500. As part of the investigation, search warrants were served at five addresses in South East Queensland in Morayfield, Worongary, Balmoral, Eagleby and Burpengary East. A number of electronic devices were seized which police ...

BGH Capital closes in on theme park deal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... of the cinema business locations reopen five days prior to proxy date and 5 cents if the borders control measures in Queensland prohibiting New South Wales and Victorian tourists are uplifted. Structure B is $2.10 per share and could increase to $2.35 ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... of the year when many Victorians escape the winter chill for the warmer climate of its northern neighbour - notably, Queensland (where it's "beautiful one day, perfect the next")... and in the current setting, coronavirus-free. But unlike other winters' ...

First Sentier bolsters board of directors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... manager's board in June, and currently also serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Urbis, IAG, the Bank of Queensland, and Cricket Australia. Tredenick was previously the chief executive of MLC's corporate superannuation business, and ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... fall in pre-school and primary education (-16.2 per cent), with free pre-school being provided in NSW, Victoria and Queensland... Excluding these three components, the CPI would have risen 0.1 per cent in the June quarter." Similarly, while the annual ...

Queenslanders drain super: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... who have wiped out their super and will need to start again." ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said the numbers from Queensland are concerning and described the 145,000 wiping out their super as a "tragedy waiting to happen" for the state. "The only way ...

Tasmania leads the nation: CommSec

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... third (up 21.2%), while NSW (21%), the Northern Territory (20.5%) recorded similar economic outputs. The ACT (20.1%), Queensland (18.9%) and South Australia (15.3%) came in at the other end of the spectrum. Retail spending in Tasmania was up 14.8% above ...

Financial services jobs show signs of recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... the highest fall in contingent job vacancies of 33.8%. "With such a strong focus on tourism, one might have expected Queensland's falls to have been above the national norm. But this has not been the case," Parker said. "This may be because of the time ...