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Our recent posts on youth unemployment (see here for an example) have certainly created some interest. John McCarthy from the Courier Mail spoke to me on Sunday which resulted in an article in the paper on Monday, which was also picked up by The Cairns Post; it quoted extensively from …read more
There has been much talk recently about the very high level of youth unemployment in the Cairns region; and rightly so. We’ve been taking a close look at the issue for some time and believe that the Conus Trend data series we’ve developed gives us the best and clearest picture …read more
My previous posts on the levels of youth unemployment in the Queensland regions has certainly created some interest. In a story in today’s Courier Mail both sides of the political divide have attempted to use the original, unadjusted ABS data on youth jobs to score points. As is too often …read more
We have been working on completing the data set for Conus Trend unemployment rates for all the SA4 regions in Queensland by age groups and have now completed it. What the full data set shows us is an interesting look into the make-up of the unemployment challenge facing the State. …read more
Today saw the release of the ABS regional labour market data from which we have created our Conus Trend series data. Despite anecdotal evidence of improvements in the Cairns region (particularly in the tourism sector), the Trend jobs data deteriorated further in May; as it did in Townsville. The two …read more
Yesterday’s post on the regional labour force data (read it here) causes a good deal of interest. Pete was interviewed on ABC Far North first thing this morning and the story has been running in their news bulletins since. If you missed it you can listen to it below…
After the disappointing April labour force data for QLD released last week (see here) which saw the State unemployment rate lift to 6.5% we were bracing for some weak regional data today. The reality was worse then we had been expecting. As always when considering the ABS Regional Labour Force …read more
Today’s release of ABS Regional Labour Market data is a very clear tale of two very different cities in the north of the State. Once we have adjusted the raw ABS data, and therefore created the Conus Trend series, we see that Trend Employment in Cairns rose by 400 in …read more
Today’s release of the (unadjusted) ABS labour force data for regions allows us to update our own Conus Trend series for the Queensland regions. In Cairns we saw the Conus Trend unemployment rate fall to 7.2% (7.5% in Nov); its lowest level since Aug 2011. Trend employment in Dec increased by …read more
The release of the regional labour force data from the ABS this morning contains some good Xmas cheer for the North and Far North. As always the original ABS data is unadjusted so we need to focus our attention on the Conus Trend numbers. In Cairns for November the Trend shows …read more
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