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If you would rather listen to an AI-generated podcast about this analysis you can! Listen here. Introduction The success of Northern Australia’s development hinges on effectively harnessing its human capital. Our research reveals a critical, and often underestimated, factor in this equation: the dramatic increase in female labour force participation …read more
The extended run of positive employment growth in Cairns continued in March. The region has seen an additional 3,800 people employed in the past year. While over the course of the last 12 months we see employment up we should note that there are also fewer people registered as unemployed. …read more
The extended run of positive employment growth in Cairns continues this month with another 200 added. The region has now seen an additional 4,800 people employed in the past year. Again, this month we see the increase all coming from full-time positions. While over the course of the last 12 …read more
The extended run of positive employment growth continues for Cairns this month with another 400 added. The region has now seen an additional 5,200 people employed in the past year and this month (once again) we see the increase all coming from full-time positions. While over the course of the …read more
This is the fifth month for which we are using the new Enhanced Regional Labour Force data from the ABS, which is backdated to 2020 (for employment) and 2016 (for unemployment). This is now providing a more robust and less volatile data-set which we can utilise to estimate our Conus/CBC …read more
Over the past couple of days there has been some discussion regarding the ‘true’ picture when it comes to employment in Townsville. The discussion started on LinkedIn and has subsequently made it into the pages of the Townsville Bulletin (see story here). The essence is that over the course of …read more
A New Era of Data Welcome to our July update on the Cairns labor market. We’re now four months into using the ABS’s Enhanced Regional Labour Force data, and it’s proving to be a game-changer. This more robust dataset is giving us clearer insights into employment trends, helping us paint …read more
This is the second month for which we are using the new Enhanced Regional Labour Force data from the ABS. This is now providing a more robust and less volatile data-set which we can utilise to estimate our Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend series. Given this new, more stable dataset, the …read more
The run of positive months for employment growth in Cairns has now extended to 12 with March adding another 300. The region has now seen an additional 6,000 people employed in the past year and this month we see (for the first time in a while) that the bulk of …read more
Last month we reported a slight decline (-100) in the number of Trend employment in Cairns after a run of nine positive months. This month we have seen that decline revised away and we see an additional 600 added to Trend employment and the run of positive months extended to …read more
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