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Tag Archives: jobs
Rising workforce participation reflects improved jobs market in Qld
I have been commenting on Queensland’s improving labour market for several months now, and the July labour force data released by the ABS yesterday have confirmed that trend is continuing. The State’s unemployment rate remained stable at 6.3 percent in … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, construction, employment, jobs, labourforce, participation, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, unemployment
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On the upcoming Ted Evans lecture & Qld’s recent employment trends
On 14 September, the Economic Society of Australia (Qld), of which I am the Secretary, is hosting the inaugural Ted Evans Public Policy Lecture at Customs House, Brisbane. The inaugural lecturer will be none other than former Treasury Secretary Ted … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, esaqld, jobs, labourforce, publicservice, qld, queensland, tedevans, treasury
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Queensland’s economic transition since the end of the mining investment boom
According to the Brisbane Times, at the LNP state conference on Sunday, Queensland Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls was highly critical of the Government’s economic management: “…you certainly can’t create jobs or effectively manage our finances when the Queensland domestic economy … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged gsp, jobs, miningboom, qld, qldeconomy, queensland
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Growing interstate migration to Qld reflects improving economy & relatively more affordable house prices
As well as releasing the first batch of 2016 Census data, the ABS also updated its quarterly population estimates yesterday, and I was very pleased to see net interstate migration to Queensland is picking up nicely (see chart below). This … Continue reading
Posted in Population, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, census, employment, interstatemigration, jobs, nsw, overseasmigration, qld, victoria
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Qld labour market continues to improve, but part-time jobs account for bulk of employment growth
Based on the latest labour force figures released by the ABS yesterday, the Queensland labour market appears to be improving nicely, which must be very pleasing to the State Government in the lead up to the next election. While the … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Uncategorized
Tagged fulltime, jobs, labourmarket, parttime, qld, qldeconomy, queensland, unemploymentrate
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Adani no go would be bitter blow to Townsville
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill is one of the strongest advocates for the Adani mega mine, and she must now be very worried that the mine will not proceed, and that Townsville will miss out on the mine HQ, FIFO jobs, … Continue reading
Posted in Mining, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged adani, adanimegamine, coal, jobs, northqld, nq, qld, queensland, townsville
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Qld full-time jobs growth since election back in positive territory
In April, full-time employment in Queensland continued to recover and is now back above the level that prevailed at the time of the last State election in January 2015, in terms of the trend data that Queensland Treasury prefers to … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, cciq, construction, election, jobs, labourforce, newman, palaszczuk, qld, qldtreasury, queensland
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