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

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

There’s some good news for QLD in the labour force data

The ABS release of the labour force survey data for Jan gives us our first look at how the employment picture started the year. On a seasonally adjusted basis employment jumped by 39,100 (with full-time positions up 65,400), much stronger than the market expectation of  15,000 increase. An almost-5,000 revision …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….

Slight uptick in Trend Jobseekers in Cairns suggest unemployment rate likely to be revised higher

The latest Dept of Social services data for jobseekers in the Cairns and Townsville regions allows us to update our Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend Jobseeker data set. This shows a small uptick in the total number of Jobseekers in both regions. Cairns now sits at 8,896 (up from an upwardly …read more

Sharp drop in Cairns unemployment rate as participation falls

The release by the ABS of the original December regional labour force data allows us to update our own Conus/CBC Staff Selection Employment Trend series for the SA4 regions in QLD. What we see, once again, is the regions doing better than Greater Brisbane. With the ABS Trend unemployment rate …read more

Unemployment rate falls again; and better news for Queensland

Today’s Labour Force data for Dec from the ABS once again shows the headline, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropping (to 5.0% from 5.1%) on the back of a further lift in employment and a slight dip in Participation. The nation added 21,600 to those employed, although they were all in …read more

Pete talking part-time work in Cairns

Pete spoke to John MacKenzie on radio 4CA this morning about the growth in part-time work in Cairns, on the back of an article in today’s Cairns Post. You can listen to the interview below.

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