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Colin Dwyer

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Name: Colin Dwyer

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Direct flights will galvanise ties to PNG

LONG-standing business ties and new links being opened between Townsville and Port Moresby are driving demand for direct flights between the centres.A finance team leader at Papua New Guinea's Ok Tedi copper mine, Anthony Aruha, who is in town attending ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - May 09 2013]

Entities: Colin Dwyer, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Papua New Guinea, Brisbane (Australia)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Our pump prices fuel rage

TOWNSVILLE motorists are fed-up with "subsidising the south" with motorists paying, on average, up to 10c more than Brisbane drivers last month.The RACQ's Monthly Fuel Report has revealed that Brisbane's average unleaded petrol (ULP) price fell 7.4c per ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - May 08 2013]

Entities: Brisbane (Australia), Joe Fitzgerald, Colin Dwyer, Oil Prices Lower

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Westpac Banking Corporation

Rate cut to boost the north

The latest interest rate cut should have a positive effect on the north Queensland economy says a local economist.This week the Reserve Bank cut the cash rate to 2.75 per cent and the Westpac, NAB and Commonwealth banks have already passed on the full ... [Published ABC Online - May 08 2013]

Entities: Colin Dwyer, Rate Cut, Mortgage Rate, Westpac Banking Corporation

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Retail suffers as cash wasted

NORTH Queenslanders are still cautious about spending at local shops but gamblers are pouring more money into poker machines.Townsville punters lost $7.1 million playing 1719 gaming machines in March, which was the highest figure for 2013.It was $900,000 ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Poker, Colin Dwyer, Matt Morris, Cassowary, Gaming

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Census revision sparks concern

DEVELOPMENT group Townsville Enterprise has moved to highlight the region's strong economy despite a revision in official population estimates showing 10,000 fewer people live in the city than expected.Meanwhile, economist Colin Dwyer says the revisions ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Townsville (Australia), Colin Dwyer, Census

First reported Apr 05 2013 - Updated Apr 05 2013 - 1 reports

Figures show city's job hot spots

A comparison of employment figures in state electorates across the state, released by the Queensland Parliamentary Library, found Thuringowa had the lowest unemployment rate of all the five seats that cover the Townsville region.Thuringowa recorded what ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - Apr 05 2013]

Entities: Unemployment Rate, Colin Dwyer, Community Service

First reported Apr 01 2013 - Updated Apr 01 2013 - 1 reports

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Census error to hit city funding

TOWNSVILLE's estimated population has been revised down by more than 10,000 people or 5.6 per cent after the Australian Bureau of Statistics admitted to "relatively high" error.The revision has downgraded Townsville's most recently released annual growth ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - Apr 01 2013]

Entities: Colin Dwyer, Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Queensland Invt Corp, QUEENSLAND TREASURY CORPORATION

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 1 reports

Govt cuts blamed for surge in jobless

TOWNSVILLE'S unemployment jumped 2 per cent last month, with analysts blaming the rise on government job cuts.New ABS survey results showed the unemployment rate in the Northern/North-west region was 5 per cent in January, but quickly rose to 7.2 per ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Colin Dwyer, Unemployment, Layoffs

First reported Feb 17 2013 - Updated Feb 17 2013 - 1 reports

Weather pushes jobless rate up

THE jobless rate has edged higher in January to 5 per cent in North Queensland.Economist Colin Dwyer said the rise could be attributed to a relatively dry wet season boosting activity and workforce participation."Seasonal conditions and natural disasters ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - Feb 17 2013]

Entities: Colin Dwyer, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate

First reported Jan 24 2013 - Updated Jan 24 2013 - 1 reports

Jobless rate among the nation's lowest

OUR region has one of the country's lowest jobless rates, latest data shows.The Australian Bureau of Statistics released its regional labour force data yesterday showing the Northern and Northwest Statistical Region based on Townsville and Mount Isa had ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - Jan 24 2013]

Entities: Colin Dwyer, Jobless Rate, Townsville (Australia)

First reported Jan 11 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

Taxi fare discrepancy

Catching a taxi in Townsville costs 9 per kilometre more than in southeast Queensland, due to different charging schemes approved by the Department of Transport and Main Roads.Townsville-based economist Colin Dwyer said taxis did have to contend with ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Colin Dwyer, Translink, Transportation, Michael Jacobi

First reported Jan 11 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

Blast for gas critics

A TOWNSVILLE economist has challenged a report suggesting the $19 billion liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea will have an overall negative impact on the country and its people.Colin Dwyer, of DS Economics and one of a growing number of ... [Published Townsville Bulletin - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Colin Dwyer, Liquefied Natural Gas, Townsville (Australia), Corruption

Quotes

"we see png as an area of growth in the training business" Mr Dwyer said

Direct flights will galvanise ties to PNG [Published Townsville Bulletin - May 09 2013]

"we have seen prices fall in brisbane but that hasn't happened here" Mr Dwyer said

Our pump prices fuel rage [Published Townsville Bulletin - May 08 2013]

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Direct flights will galvanise ties to PNG [Published Townsville Bulletin - May 09 2013]
Our pump prices fuel rage [Published Townsville Bulletin - May 08 2013]
Rate cut to boost the north [Published ABC Online - May 08 2013]
Retail suffers as cash wasted [Published Townsville Bulletin - Apr 29 2013]
Census revision sparks concern [Published Townsville Bulletin - Apr 18 2013]
Figures show city's job hot spots [Published Townsville Bulletin - Apr 05 2013]
Census error to hit city funding [Published Townsville Bulletin - Apr 01 2013]
Govt cuts blamed for surge in jobless [Published Townsville Bulletin - Mar 21 2013]
Weather pushes jobless rate up [Published Townsville Bulletin - Feb 17 2013]
Man drought on singles scene [Published Townsville Bulletin - Feb 08 2013]
Petrol price hike 'a jump too far' [Published Townsville Bulletin - Feb 07 2013]
City central to Coalition's plan for North [Published Townsville Bulletin - Feb 07 2013]
Refining our federal election wish list [Published Townsville Bulletin - Jan 31 2013]
Jobless rate among the nation's lowest [Published Townsville Bulletin - Jan 24 2013]
Big waves on horizon [Published San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 20 2013]
Taxi fare discrepancy [Published Townsville Bulletin - Jan 11 2013]
Blast for gas critics [Published Townsville Bulletin - Jan 11 2013]
Pinnacles plan critic under fire [Published Townsville Bulletin - Dec 07 2012]
Townsville heating up [Published Townsville Bulletin - Dec 04 2012]
Council apology after roundabout outrage [Published Townsville Bulletin - Dec 04 2012]
10,000 new jobs created in the North [Published Townsville Bulletin - Nov 29 2012]
Energy asset sale proposal sparks fears [Published Townsville Bulletin - Nov 25 2012]
Price-gouging at pump [Published Townsville Bulletin - Oct 22 2012]
Women give job market a boost [Published Townsville Bulletin - Oct 18 2012]