Publications

See links below for selected Queensland Budget Papers, and government media releases on the budget brought down on 14 July 2015. Premier’s budget overview » Queensland

Fabrizio Carmignani comments on the Queensland budget  (The Conversation 15.7.15), concluding: ‘On paper, this is a remarkable result, achieving the debt reduction without any form of

The Brisbane Times (16.7.15) reports that the Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has been given ‘the greatest compliment in regards to his budget’. ‘”No one is talking about

Madonna King writes in the Brisbane Times (16.7.15) that Treasurer Curtis Pitt’s first budget has left the Opposition with little economic room to move, and question’s

The Queensland State budget allocated $180 million to get industry, universities and government ‘collaborating to create new jobs and drive investment in knowledge-based sectors of the

‘The evidence suggests that most retirees are prudent in their drawdown behaviour. Less than 30 per cent of superannuation benefits are taken as lump sums. When

TJRyan Research Associate, Dr Jon Stanford, writes: ‘Discussion of the Queensland government finances over the last three years has been dominated by propositions which stem from the

In a paper for the Australia Institute (June 2015) Rod Campbell analyses the effect that government subsidies for the mining industry on Queensland’s expenditure on schooling

‘Wealth in Australia is highly concentrated, with the top 10% of wealth holders owning 45% of all wealth. ‘In a country that prides itself on its egalitarian

Michael de Percy writes in The Conversation (17.6.15) that the idea of motorists paying for the roads they use beyond tolls, fuel excise or registration fees

‘Australia has witnessed a remarkable shift in public attitudes to public spending and tax over the last two years. We no longer feel overtaxed. We want

‘While the 2015-16 Budget delivered welcome new investment in early childhood education and care and charted a fairer path on pension reform, the combined effect of