The Bligh Government remains likely to reach its 100,000 new jobs target, according to the latest ABS Labour Force data released yesterday, even though trend employment growth remains unspectacular (see the OESR brief):

Employment in Queensland has risen by 90,000 employed persons since March 2009, when the last Queensland election was held, so it only has to increase by another 10,000 over the next few months for the Government to be able to enter the next election campaign claiming it has met its promise. This is consistent with the recent rate of employment growth, so I see no problems with achieving this.