There were few changes with the employment rate in Australia. The Far West of New South Wales and the Far North of Queensland have the highest unemployment in the whole Australia. In the far North Queensland, Cairns, they have a jobless rate averaging to 8.8% from last year. On the far West NSW, they have an average unemployment rate of 8.5% from last year. Read the rest of this entry »
A short overview of the different business sectors in Australia and how this will affect Australia’s economy – which might affect jobs in Australia as well as Australian immigrants.
The head of Metcash’s grocery business, Silvestro Morabito, seems to be the front-runner in taking over next year from chief executive Andrew Reitzer. Mr. Morabito will head up with a new role as a COO of food and grocery. Read the rest of this entry »
Because of the recent high demand for workers, Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen and Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Senator Kate Lundy announced that the government is willing to shell out as much as $38.5 million in the next financial year in order to improve the condition of migrants and help them settle in their new communities. The announcement was made due to the fact that several Australian states are having a hard time supplying the high demand for local workers within the different job sectors of the country. A total of 179 new projects were delivered to 148 organizations which would be funded under the Government’s Settlement Grant Program or SGP from July 1, 2011. The program was created in the hopes of helping new Australian immigrants to become self-reliant and to help their new country by providing the skills needed to boost the Australian economy. Read the rest of this entry »
Western Australia’s economic success have caused a few problems for the state and recently, a new problem surfaced amidst WA’s recent oil discovery. Residential land sales have triggered a new headache as the Housing Industry Association recent Residential Land Sales report shows that Western Australia only has 23.5 % of remaining residential land. Despite the reversed decline of lot sales in Perth for the last quarter of June, WA is struggling to provide good residential homes for its increasing migrant population. Within the last six months, residential lot sales in Perth have gone down to 32% while the median residential land value was $235,000, which was 2.2% down within a span of 12 months ago. In March 2006, the median residential land value for Perth was around $267,000. Read the rest of this entry »
Leading business sectors have a more flexible market while the rest of Australia bled out all the jobs in the manufacturing and service industries. Read the rest of this entry »
Some of the businessmen and Coalition backbenchers have started pressuring the Federal Opposition Leader Mr. Tony Abbott and telling him to reject the subsidies for struggling manufacturers. Jeff Kennett, who is the former premier in Victoria, mentioned it was ridiculous for politicians to feel that they had to keep taxpayer handouts to the car industry because of public sentiment. Read the rest of this entry »
Recent project gives hope to millions of unemployed Australian citizens and upcoming immigrants.
Australian citizens, both local and immigrants in Australia, are hopeful that the new Wheatstone Project in Western Australia should help the country’s dwindling economy. The company has announced investing around $29 billion. This will greatly boost Western Australia’s economy and even the rest of the states in Australia. In addition, a total of 6500 workers are needed in order for the Wheatstone Project to work efficiently, thus giving more jobs to the unemployed work force in WA. The Wheatstone Liquified natural gas project is located within the Pilbara Coast of Onslow and has already been approved, therefore, it will only be a matter of time before the project officially starts. Read the rest of this entry »
“The rest of the country’s economy can now pack up and go home.”
This is the headlines coming from the Deloitte Access Economics business outlook as mega-projects come knocking at Western Australia’s doors. WA’s unbelievable resources boom could now single-handedly boost Australia’s growth for the years to come. This is because China, Western Australia’s best customer when it comes to natural gas and resources, is growing stronger in terms of economy, overshadowing the United States and Europe. The projects coming from Western Australia is simply staggering and the energetic drive coming from foreign clients is driving WA’s economy through the roof! Read the rest of this entry »
Good news to those who are planning to migrate to Perth, Western Australia; the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) is set to increase Perth’s attractiveness amongst the States, wherein employers will be given the chance to recruit skilled workers from outside the country and are qualified within the current range of temporary and permanent skilled Visa options. Read the rest of this entry »
The current employment trend in Australia is looking positive as the number of jobseekers in the employment hunt has climbed to 3.2 jobseekers for each job vacancy compared to 3.0 for the last year, according to national statistics. This mean’s that there are now more employment opportunities in Australia, but you need to know which States offer the best paying jobs in the country. This is quite important for those who are planning to migrate to Australia in the hopes of starting fresh and grab more opportunities. Read the rest of this entry »
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