This report is intended to provide the Queensland public with a view of the coal industry in its wider economic context. Summary Queensland’s economy is based on service industries. Service industries employ nearly three quarters of the Queensland workforce and make up two thirds of economic output. 99 per cent of Queenslanders do not work...

This paper estimates the effects of the mining boom in Australia, using a large-scale structural macro-econometric model, AUS-M.

This paper attempts to put a dollar figure on the value of state assistance to the mining industry. Overview State governments are more usually associated with the provision of health, education and law enforcement than industry assistance. So it might surprise taxpayers to learn that state government assistance for the mineral and fossil fuel industries...

This report argues that stopping the expansion of the Hunter Valley coal industry would be likely to improve air quality, health and environmental impacts and bring benefits for other industries. Summary

This paper examines changes in Indigenous employment, income and housing costs to identify any localised ‘resource curse’ for Indigenous communities and the Australian population at large.