How female participation has effected QLD’s regions

A few weeks ago we wrote a post on some work we had done breaking down changes in Participation Rates in QLD regions to discover the impact that changes to the age profile of the working population had (you can read that here). That post attracted some interest and one …read more

Labour Account is a treasure trove of labour data

Today’s release of the December 2018 Labour Account data series provides a wealth of data. One thing it allows us to do is take a  look at incomes across various industry sectors and how they have changed in the past 12 months. The table below shows, for selected industries, the …read more

Regional building approvals fall again

The release by the ABS of the January, original regional residential building approvals allows us to update our own Conus Trend series. With residential approvals falling sharply at both the national and state level (see here for commentary) it is no surprise to see the decline across the regions. On …read more

Jobseekers Trend falling again in Cairns

Further evidence out this morning confirms the ongoing improvement in the Cairns labour market. Dept of Social Service jobseeker data has been released for January and this allows us to update our Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend series (which seasonally adjusts the original Dept data). This shows Trend Jobseekers fell again …read more

Talking Cairns Labour Force Trend data on ABC Far North this morning

Pete spoke to Kier Shorey on ABC Far North this morning about the (unbelievable) unemployment data that was released last week (read commentary here), and he highlighted that although we can safely ignore the unemployment data, which is sure to be revised in coming months, the Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend …read more

Exceptional results for Cairns in regional Labour Force data…but beware hidden issues

The ABS release of their January original, unadjusted regional Labour Force data this morning allows us to update our own Conus/CBC Staff Selection Regional Employment Trend series; and it holds some surprisingly positive news for Cairns. But first, looking more broadly across the state we see Greater Brisbane has added …read more

What’s driving Participation changes across QLD’s regions? A closer look.

Many commentators have written about movements in the Participation Rate (PR) and the impact this has on unemployment rates; if participation increases then any decline in the unemployment rate is harder to achieve with more people entering the labour force (and vice versa). The discussion is certainly a valid one, but …read more

Pete talking jobs, jobseekers and the improving employment landscape in Cairns

Pete spoke to John MacKenzie on radio 4CA this morning about the Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend data, unemployment rates and the improving employment landscape in Cairns. You can hear it below….

Talking regional Building Approvals on ABC Far North

Pete spoke to Kier Shorey on ABC Far North this morning about the regional building approvals data released yesterday (see here for our commentary) and in particular the impact the slowdown is having on construction employment in Townsville. You can hear the interview below.

Horrible set of regional Building Approvals data; Townsville is through the floor

The ABS have released their original, unadjusted December residential building approvals data for the regions this morning which allows us to update our own Conus Regional Building Approval Trend series. Given the poor showing at the state and national level that we saw last week, which showed a trend decline …read more

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