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The release by the Dept of Social Services of their Labour Market and Related Payments data for Nov allows us to update our Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend data for Cairns and Townsville. It shows Trend jobseeker numbers in both regions have fallen in the past year; Cairns down 703 …read more
We have returned from a few weeks away over the New Year and now have a chance to take a look at the tourism data released by Tourism Research Australia (and available here) while we were away. The (delayed) International Visitor Survey was released at the same time as the …read more
The release of the September quarter Public Sector work force data (which was released late in the afternoon on the Friday before Christmas presumably to avoid much commentary!) shows (again) that the Government’s fiscal principle of keeping full-time equivalent Public Sector employment growth to that of population growth has not been met. FTE …read more
The ABS release of their original regional labour force data allows us to update our own Conus/CBC Staff Selection Regional Employment Trend data for Nov. This series, derived from the unadjusted original ABS data, provides a more timely insight into the regional data than the oft-quoted annual averages. In the …read more
Pete was talking to Kier Shorey on ABC Far North radio this morning about the regional building approvals data released yesterday (see here for details). You can listen to the interview below (and please note that when Pete said “lagged” he meant “leading”….perils of live radio before 7am!!).
Today we saw the release of the regional detail of residential building approvals data and the derived Conus Trend shows us that the regions are doing rather better than Greater Brisbane (although both are trending lower). Across the State approvals were down 12.0% y/y in October but when we look …read more
The Dept of Social Services original data on the Youth Allowance and Newstart Recipients for October allows us to update our own Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend series for Cairns and Townsville SA4s. Trend jobseekers have again fallen in both areas; although Cairns continues to do rather better than Townsville. …read more
The original ABS regional labour force data for Oct released this morning allows us to update our own Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend data. Doing so makes it clear that, while the State as a whole is doing poorly (see here for commentary from last week), the regions are outscoring Greater …read more
The Queensland Government projections of future population growth are an important indicator as they will be used to determine infrastructure planning into the future. The most recent version shows projections out to 2041 at both SA4 and LGA level; and this is what they tell us about the Government’s projections …read more
After seeing the weak residential building approvals Sept data for Australia and Queensland last week which showed Trend approvals in Queensland down 7.1% for the year (see here) it’s not surprising to see the regional data released today showing things slipping in our region. The Conus Trend for Sept shows …read more
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