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The latest data from the Dept of Social Services of the number claiming Youth and Newstart Allowances in the Cairns region (when seen through the lens of the Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend) suggests that the labour market in the region remains robust. This despite a slight up-tick in the …read more
A press release yesterday from the QLD Govt, and associated social media posts like this from Jackie Trad, are suggesting that there is a jobs boom underway in regional QLD. While we steer away from making political comment on this forum we will make comment about data, and whether it …read more
The release by the ABS of the Sept original regional labour force data today allows us to update our Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend for the QLD regions. With the state-wide Trend unemployment rate lifting to 6.6% (see commentary earlier) it is no surprise to see the Trends at a regional …read more
We’ve been away for a couple of weeks and, while enjoying the delights of the Canberra Centenary Trail (and Canberra in general), quite a bit of data has landed. So, without wishing to rake over old coals and repeat commentary that you’ve no doubt already seen, I thought it worth …read more
The Dept of Social Services data for Newstart and Youth Allowance recipients in August, released this morning, has allowed us to update our Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend series for the SA4 regions of Cairns and Townsville. What we see is a continued decline in Trend jobseeker numbers in both …read more
The quarterly ABS quartely detailed Labour Force data provides us with information on employment across both Public and Private sectors in the various industry classifications. Unfortunately this is only provided for the past 5 years, and only in the form of original, unadjusted, data. We have used this data, together …read more
The release of Building Approvals data for August is yet another disappointing set of numbers. Trend approvals fell 3.9% m/m and are now down 25.6% y/y. House approvals are down 15.8% y/y while units are off 38.8% y/y. For the past few months the data has suggested (see here) that …read more
The Queensland Government’s Fiscal Principle No 6 links Public Sector full-time-equivalent (FTE) growth to the growth of the populations. However, as regular readers will be aware, the government has consistently failed to get anywhere near that measure during its tenure. However, in September last year the Coaldrake Review (see here) …read more
The release of the June quarter Public Sector work force data shows that the Government’s fiscal principle of keeping full-time equivalent Public Sector employment growth to that of population growth has not been met. However, we need also to note that the Coaldrake Review recommneded, and the Govt accepted, that this target …read more
Today saw the release of the August ABS regional labour force data which allows us to update our own Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend series. With the labour data weakening at both national and state level it will come as little surprise that we see a similar picture emerging in the …read more
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