Glenn Stevens: Economic conditions and prospects Address by Mr Glenn Stevens, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, to the Economic Society of Australia (Queensland) 2011 Business Luncheon, Brisbane, 15 June 2011. *  *  *  Thank you for the invitation to visit Brisbane today and to join with the Economic Society here in Queensland to talk about our economic situation.
It is barely five months since the flooding that inundated parts of Brisbane and had such a tragic impact only a couple of hours west of here in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley. It is only four months since Cyclone Yasi wrought havoc on some northern coastal communities and flattened key crops.