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The ABS data for Building Approvals for May came in significantly weaker than had been expected with a fall of 5.6% m/m seasonally adjusted for a 19.7% decline on the year. The more stable (less interesting, and therefore less commented upon…but more reliable as an indicator) Trend series had approvals …read more
The Cassowary Coast Regional Council brought down their 2017-18 Budget earlier this week with a 1.65% general rate increase and balanced budgets projected into the future. Much was also made of the Council’s decision to pay off some $19 million of debt early to become debt-free as of this year. …read more
John MacKenzie from radio 4CA spoke to Pete this morning about last week’s regional jobs and industry data as well as yesterday’s Census release. You can hear the interview below.
Pete spoke to Adam Stephen on ABC Far North this afternoon about some of the trends for the Far North hidden in the Census data. You can listen below.
Today’s release of the 2016 Census data needs to be looked at carefully when considering the Cairns region. The de-amalgamation of Cairns Regional and Douglas Shire Councils in Jan 2014 makes comparison with the previous 2011 Census problematic. In order to make the comparisons we have added the Douglas Shire …read more
Today sees the major release of the 2016 Census data and gives us our first glimpse into what the Census can tell us about our own region. When we consider the Cassowary Coast Regional Council region we see that total population has increased by just 3.8% since 2011 to 28,726 …read more
Pete spoke to Kier Shorey on ABC Far North this morning about the regional jobs and industry employment data out yesterday. You can read his comments in blog posts below and listen to the interview here…
The ABS present quarterly data for industry employment at a regional level. However, the data they supply is only available on an unadjusted 4-quarters average basis for the SA4 regions. This means that the data as presented paints a very delayed picture of the actual employment reality within the regions. …read more
The ABS regional jobs data for May was released this morning and we have completed our Conus Trend analysis. What it shows is the regions doing far better than Greater Brisbane on almost all measures. Over the year to May Trend jobs were up 31,000 in QLD, but 23,400 of …read more
As we have been expecting for some time, today saw the release of some major revisions to domestic tourism numbers for TNQ. Tourism Research Australia have released the National Visitor Survey report for the March 2017 quarter (available here) along with revisions to data going back to the 2014 year …read more
We are proud to have CBC Staff Selection as supporters of the Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend Employment and Jobseeker data series