Queensland’s population is expected to surge by more than 250,000 people in the next four years, and it’s all being driven by residents of other states.
Opinion by Mike O’Connor
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Subscriber only Running a corporation and wondering how you can get your hands on some easy money courtesy of the Queensland taxpayer? It s not difficult. Just threaten to move your business interstate. It s a tactic that has worked an absolute treat for Qantas, which has just played state treasurers off each other in a brilliant piece of corporate bluff, so it has to be worth a shot. The precedent has been set. Merely announce you are seriously considering taking your bat and ball and moving to another state and Treasurer Cameron Dick will send his lackeys scurrying after you waving the government cheque book.
Premium Content Low nutrient, high kilojoule food continues to be the top choice for Australians as new research has revealed people are indulging in twice as much junk food as what is recommended in the Australian Dietary Guidelines. The new findings from national science agency CSIRO were revealed in a recent analysis of its Healthy Diet Score survey. In a bid to help people improve their diets, the agency has launched a free Junk Food Analyser quiz, a tool Queensland mum Carly Reily said would have motivated her to change her diet sooner. The 41-year-old teacher from Yandina lost more than 22kg, which was 26 per cent of her body weight, since she began following the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet in June last year.
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