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Policies to give South Australia a migration program that will meet its needs
We have recently been undertaking research into the extent to which current migration policies meet South Australia’s needs, and how migration interacts with the broader economic challenges facing the state, in particular our ‘demographic deficit’ of an older, less active in the labour market, lower qualification, working age population.
These demographic challenges present some specific difficulties […]
South Australia Data Wrap – labour market conditions continue to improve
Another positive labour market report for South Australia
The August results of the Labour Force Survey released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) last week paint a brighter picture of labour market conditions for South Australia. Trend estimates indicate that total employment rose by 2,040 persons to approximately 827,000 persons in August, while unemployment […]
Labour Force May 2017
Latest labour force figures for May 2017 released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show South Australia’s labour market continues to perform poorly. The state recorded a slight decline in trend employment of 330 persons in May, while the number of unemployed people rose by 682 persons (1.1 per cent). South Australia’s trend unemployment rate […]
Labour Force April 2017
Labour market conditions in South Australia continued to deteriorate in April 2017. Latest estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicate that total employment in trend terms fell by 0.1 per cent (572 persons) in April, while total unemployment rose by 2.1 per cent (1,278 persons). South Australia’s trend unemployment rate consequently rose from 6.9 per cent in […]
National unemployment rate improves in December
Australia’s unemployment rate, measured in trend terms, fell slightly in December 2010 to 5.1 per cent – its lowest level since January 2009. South Australia’s unemployment rate remained stable at 5.6 per cent.
The total number of employed persons for Australia rose by more than 25,000 persons in December 2010, with full-time employment rising more […]
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Unemployment rate rises in October
National and South Australian unemployment edge up in response to an increase in labor force participation.
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