Economy of Queensland

Economy of Queensland
Currency Australian Dollar (A$ or AUD)
1 July – 30 June
Statistics
GDP A$288.3 billion (2012-13) [1]
GDP growth
 3.5% (2012-13)
2.5% (2013) [1]
Labour force
 2,313,800 (2010-11) [2]
Labour force by occupation
 Retail trade (11.7%), Construction (11%), Health care & social assistance (10.1%), Manufacturing (8.5%), Education & training (7.6%) [3]
Unemployment 6.6% (2014) [4]
Main industries
 Mining, tourism, agriculture, financial services
External
Exports A$49.2 billion (2010-11) [2]
Export goods
 Coal, beef, aluminium, copper, copper ores & concentrates, fertilizers, animal feed, zinc ores & concentrates, lead ores & concentrates, lead [5]
Main export partners
 Japan (29.5%), India (11.8%), Republic of Korea (11.3%), China (9.3%), Taiwan (5.8%) [5]
Imports A$41.7 billion (2008-2009) [5]
Import goods
 Crude petroleum, passenger motor vehicles, refined petroleum, gold, goods vehicles, civil engineering equipment & parts, rubber tyres, treads & tubes, aircraft, spacecraft & parts, furniture, mattresses & cushions, mechanical handling equipment & parts [5]
Main import partners
 China (11.9%), United States (11.1%), Japan (10.2%), Papua New Guinea (7.2%), Malaysia (5.7%) [5]
Public finances

All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.

The economy of Queensland was one of the fastest growing economies within Australia, with growth outstripping that of the wider Australian economy in every financial year between 1995–96 and 2007–08.[6] In 2009, the global financial crisis slowed Queensland's economic growth.[7] A downturn in tourism, low housing construction starts and the cancellation of a number of mining projects is hampering Queensland's economic growth.[8] The state's low growth figure of 0.2% in 2010-11 was due to the impact of widespread flooding and Cyclone Yasi affecting agricultural production and exports of commodities, particularly coal.[2]

Queensland generated 19.5% of Australia's gross domestic product in the 2008-09 financial year.[5] The economy is primarily built upon mining, agriculture, tourism and financial services. Queensland's main exports are coal, metals, meat and sugar.[9]

Western Australia and Queensland are often referred to as the "resource states" because their economies are currently dependent on exports of resources such as coal, iron ore and natural gas. However, of the two states, Queensland has a more diversified base.[10] In 2006, exports from Queensland totaled A$49.4 billion.[9] By 2009 this figure had grown to A$65.5 billion.

Agriculture

A bulk sugar terminal at Mackay

In 2011, the Australian Bureau of Statistics recorded a total of 28,435 farms covering 81% of the state.[11] Sugar cane is harvested in coastal areas from Far North Queensland to the southern border and is the state's biggest rural commodity. Queensland produces 94% of Australia's total raw sugar production.[12] Customers in the Asia-Pacific region can be supplied all year round through the use of storage facilities at bulk port terminals.[13] Most of the state's sugar crop is marketed through Queensland Sugar, which until 2006 compulsorily acquired all sugar grown in the state under a single desk arrangement.[13]

Cattle grazing for beef and sheep grazing for wool production are spread across inland areas. Wheat is grown in the Darling Downs region, an area that has seen mining activities expand. This has produced a boom in construction work for the region despite the global downturn [14] but created conflict between farmers and mining companies.[15] The Lockyer Valley is a significant horticultural region, although persistent drought is forcing the local economy to diversify.[16] Farms around the coastal town of Bowen produce Australia's largest winter crop of vegetables.[17] Other major crops produced in Queensland include bananas, cotton and citrus crops. Southern coastal regions include mixed forestry and farming land uses.

Mining

Dragline at the Curragh coal mine

In the 2006-07 financial year mining contributed 9% of Queensland’s GSP.[18] Queensland has significant coal, coal seam gas and bauxite deposits and some oil shale and natural gas reserves. Coal production in the 2008-09 financial year totalled 159 million tonnes leading to exports to 38 countries.[19] Queensland exports half the world's coking coal which is used to make steel.[20]

Minerals including copper, lead, silver, zinc, bauxite, gold, phosphate rock, magnesite and silica sand are mined in the state.[21] Dimension stone, that is, stone that can be cut for domestic use, including granite, marble, sandstone and slate are produced in various locations across the state.[22]

Queensland has the largest onshore oil and gas potential in the country as the state is relatively under-explored.[22] Oil was discovered in the south west of the state in the early 1980s, leading to the construction of an oil pipeline from the Cooper Basin and Eromanga Basins to Brisbane.[22] A series of gas pipelines, which began operating in the late 1990s, connects users in Mount Isa and Brisbane to the south west.[22]

Gemstones such as sapphire, opal and chrysoprase are also mined in commercial quantities.[22] The state's first iron ore mine near Cloncurry will begin production in late 2011 and full-scale operation by early 2013.[23] In the 2008-09 financial year Queensland collected A$3 billion in mining royalties.[24]

Coal seam gas

Despite being positioned under prime agricultural land the Bowen Basin and Surat Basin are becoming intensively developed by the mining industry as Queensland's coal seam gas industry booms. In the ten from 2000, about 1200 wells have been sunk in the western Darling Downs, with that figure set to rise to 20 000 over the following decade.[25] In 2010, coal seam gas was generating 30% of the state's electricity.[25] Several international energy companies are investing in multibillion-dollar projects to convert the coal seam gas to liquified natural gas and export it via the Port of Gladstone.[26] Landowners have raised concerns with the mining development ranging from a lack of compensation, property access, construction of gravel roads on farming land, water runoff from drill sites and the potential problems from the millions of tonnes of salt that will be brought to the surface each year.[27]

Refineries

One of the largest alumina refineries in the world, Queensland Alumina, was built at Gladstone in 1967.[28] Bauxite for the refinery is transported from Weipa to Gladstone via sea.[22] Also located here is Australia's largest aluminium smelter, Boyne Smelters.[28] The state's largest oil refinery, which is owned by BP, is located at Bulwer Island in Brisbane. Near Townsville is a major nickel and cobalt refinery known as Queensland Nickel.

Ports

Until an extensive rail network developed in the state early industries depended on seaports to get their products to market.[29] The largest ports in Queensland are the Port of Gladstone, followed by the Port of Brisbane and then the Port of Townsville. Some Central Queensland ports have experienced significant backlogs in recent years. For example, in 2007 there were 50 ships waiting off the coast to be loaded.[30] In 2008, the Federal Government provided Queensland an extra $20 billion for major capital works to address port and rail infrastructure shortcomings.[31]

State budget

Financial year GSP growth
rate (%)		 Average
unemployment
rate (%)
2004-05 [32] 4.0 4.9
2005-06 [33] 4.5 5.0
2006-07 [34] 6.8 4.0
2007-08 [6] 5.1 3.7
2008-09 [35] 1.1 4.4
2009-10 [2] 2.2 5.7
2010-11 [2] 0.2 5.5
2011-12 4.0 5.5
2012-13 3.5 6.0

The Queensland Treasury is the state government department that devises economic and financial policy advice, prepares the state budget, organises revenue collection and provides statistical research.[36] The current Treasurer of Queensland is Curtis Pitt. Economic policy priorities for Queensland are to develop a diverse economy, to create more jobs and to manage both urban growth and develop Queensland's regions.[37]

Queensland is predicted to be in deficit until the 2015-16 budget.[24] The deficit has been partly caused by decreases in the prices for both coking coal and thermal coal.[38] Declining GST revenue is another cause that is partly attributed to the deficit.[38] Strong population growth and the demands this has placed on infrastructure spending as well as reductions in mining royalties have also strained recent state budgets, resulting in the loss of the state's AAA credit rating. Poor planning including the canceled Traveston Crossing Dam and cost blowouts in the budgets for the Gold Coast desalination plant, Wyaralong Dam, Tugun Bypass and Airport Link projects has not helped the bottom line.[39]

In 2009, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced plans for the privatisation of a number of government owned assets including Queensland Motorways, Queensland Rail's coal rail business QRNational, the Port of Brisbane, the Abbot Point coal terminal and Queensland Forestry Plantations.[40][41] The asset sale is expected to raise A$15 billion. There has been widespread public criticism of the sell-off which has led to slump in the Premier's popularity.[42] Unions and economists criticised the plans as unjustified and poorly timed.[24][41]

Taxation

Historically Queensland has been viewed as the lowest-taxing state. Queensland has slid to third place behind Victoria and Western Australia in a comparison of taxation competitiveness between other states and territories.[43] A measure of tax per capita from 2002 to 2007 has seen the figure rise 70%, from $1,321 up to $2,226, per person.[44] Payroll tax, which is payable when an employer's total annual wage payout is greater than A$1 million and has been described as "crippling" by some businesses, accounted for 26% of Queensland government tax revenue in the 2007-08 fiscal year.[45]

Tourism

Beach and Skyline of Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast
Great Barrier Reef
Australia Zoo was voted Queensland's top tourist attraction in 2009.

The tourism industry plays a key role in the economies of regional areas and supports thousands of small businesses. Queensland experiences the second highest volume of tourists after New South Wales. Foreign backpackers and students on working holiday visas make up a large proportion of international visitors. The tourism industry in Queensland employs 5.7% of the workforce, or about 119,000 people and accounts for 4.5% of the state's GSP,[46] directly generating A$$8.8 billion to the state’s economy.[47] Tourism Queensland is the government agency responsible for the development of the state's tourist industry.

Queensland is blessed by natural beauty, especially along the eastern coastline and it is home to a number of well-known amusement parks. Many tourists visit Queensland to see the Great Barrier Reef. In 2003, the Productivity Commission estimated that the Great Barrier Reef region generates $4.2 billion from tourism.[48] By 2012, the estimated value had reached $5.5 billion.[49]

Some of Queensland's top tourist attractions include Dreamworld and Australia Zoo in South East Queensland. Places that are highly dependent on tourism include the Gold Coast, Noosa and in Far North Queensland in the Cairns district there is the Kuranda Scenic Railway, Kuranda Skyrail and the Daintree Rainforest. Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays and further south Fraser Island and Hervey Bay, famous for its whale watching, are also popular destinations. Australia's only Club Med resort is on Lindeman Island.[50]

The 2008 financial crisis saw a reduction in both international travellers and business travellers, with the later group declining by 9% in 2009 compared to the previous year.[51] After the 2010–2011 Queensland floods many travellers cancelled trips to the state, resulting in a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars.[52] The Reserve Bank deputy governor Philip Lowe stated in February 2012 that tourism in Australia is having undergo structural changes because of a contraction in the sector due to the impact of a high Australian dollar.[53]

Labour market

Although there was a rise in the number of unemployed people, the labour market expanded 2.2% in the 2008-09 financial year.[3] The Queensland labour market was hit by skilled labour shortages in 2007.[3] A lack of people completing apprenticeships in the construction industry is a current concern.[54] The problem is particularly acute because the state is already dealing with an inadequate supply of new housing to cope with its population growth. In the past there have been shortages of doctors, nurses, teachers as well as shortages in the agriculture and hospitality sectors. A lack of university places is another factor limiting that is affecting the availability of skilled labour in some regions.

Household income

2007 median household incomes

The average weekly earnings for a full-time adult person in Queensland in 2009 was $1,177.00.[55] While Queensland generally does not have high cost of living, housing is expensive compared to other states. Housing in Queensland is the least affordable of any state or territory.[56] The average Queensland homeowner had to pay 40.5% of their household income towards home loan repayments and tenants on average paid 26.5% for rent during the first quarter of 2008.[56] Average wages rose by 7.5% in 2009, three times the national inflation rate.[51]

Economic history

19th century

Sawmills like this one at Canungra provided employment for many rural communities in the early years of Queensland's growth.
The Proserpine Central Sugar Mill was established in 1897.

One of the first industries to spread across the state was pastoralism. From the Darling Downs in the 1840s, squatters and pioneering families were establishing cattle stations up until the 1870s, as far north as the Gulf Country.[29] The early settlers of Queensland faced many problems ranging from a lack of labour, a lack of transport facilities to markets, attacks by aboriginals, a climate that was too wet, drought and falling commodity prices to name a few.[29] An Australian wide trend towards recession hit Queensland particularly hard from July 1866.[57] Immigration faltered, unemployment rose and business activity contracted. It wasn't long before gold discoveries signaled a turn around in Queensland's economic activity.

Gold was discovered in the state in 1861 at both Peak Downs near Clermont and at Gympie in 1867. Many gold miners left Victorian goldfields in the 1870s as surface gold had become scarce in that state and moved to Queensland to try their luck.[58] During the American Civil War a shortage of cotton created a cotton boom in Queensland.[29] Copper was discovered at Cloncurry in 1869.

In 1863, the first sugar cane plantation was established and the first South Sea Islanders, referred to as kanakas, arrived to provide cheap labour.[29] The sugar cane industry expanded northwards along the coast with a plantation and mill operating at Innisfail in 1881[29] and in the following year a mill opened in Bundaberg.[59] By 1890 developments in refrigeration technologies had opened new markets for produce which was previously spoiled on the two-month-long journey to England.[58]

During the early 1880s the Dingo Fence was constructed to protect livestock across south east Australia. It protected southern Queensland, aiming to stop attacks on sheep from Australia's native dog. The fence was maintained up until the 1970s.[60] Today it is estimated that $60 million in losses occurs annually in Queensland due to dingoes that have penetrated the barrier.[61] In 1886, the introduced rabbit reached the southern Queensland border[62] causing yields from pasture production to decrease. The rabbit also contributed to soil erosion through overgrazing.[62]

20th century

A drought in 1902 drastically reduced agricultural productivity.[57] By 1906, maize covered 25%, sugar cane 23.8% and wheat 20.5% of cropping land in the state.[63] In 1908, 700 bores were supplying artesian basin water to western Queensland, transforming an otherwise mostly arid landscape into a more productive area.[64] Refrigeration and regular steamer services between Brisbane and London allowed Queensland to become Australia's largest exporter of meat in the same year. The Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 was a good opportunity for Queensland to promote itself, particularly the desirable climate and expanses of fertile land. Tourism was promoted under the banner of "the Winter Paradise of the Southern Hemisphere".[64] A souvenir guide from the show boasted that Queensland cultivated the richest of fruits including pineapples, bananas, mangoes, grapes and citrus fruit.[64]

Australia's largest airline, Qantas was founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services in Winton in 1920.[65] Silver, copper and lead were being mined from Mount Isa by 1925.[58] Wool became an important export for Queensland during the early 20th century, contributing to half of the state's total exports by 1930.[66] The 1950s saw a resurgence of whaling in Australia. A new whaling station was set up at Tangalooma on Moreton Island to process slaughtered whales.[58] In 1963 the world's richest deposit of bauxite was discovered at Weipa.[58] Dairying, once an important local industry in the state, declined towards the end of the 20th century. The Queensland economy last contracted during the 1990-91 financial year at a rate of -0.7%.[67]

2000 onwards

Widespread flooding reduced coal production in December 2010 by more than one third.

In 2004, a citrus canker outbreak forced farmers to destroy every citrus tree in the Emerald region. This amounted to half a million commercial trees being destroyed during an eradication program that lasted five years.[68] The banana industry was devastated in 2006 from the flooding and crop destruction left in the wake of Cyclone Larry. 90% of the country's banana crop was destroyed. The price of bananas doubled to A$6 a kilogram as a result.[69] In the 2006-07 financial year, the nominal value of the Queensland economy surpassed A$200 billion for the first time.[34] In early 2009, Queensland's credit rating was downgraded by rating agency Standard & Poor's to AA+ after the state's budget deficit increased to more than A$1.5 billion.[70] In 2009, the Townsville-based Storm Financial financial services company collapsed, leaving thousands of investors experiencing economic loss.

See also

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