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Rubber Jobs Figures - I had a little piece in The Australian today on some of the modelling and mapping work we’ve been doing recently at Education Geographics, mostly for schools.

Rubbery Jobs Figures

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I had a little piece in The Australian today on some of the modelling and mapping work we’ve been doing recently at Education Geographics, mostly for schools. Australian subscribers can find the link here: https://tinyurl.com/283vk8cy Distinguished Australian Economist Saul Eslake estimates that closing our international borders to tourists and international students is costing us about


JobMaker misses the real target by John Black CEO of EGS

We Told You So..

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JobMaker misses the real target – written by John Black, CEO of Education Geographics, November 17, 2020 Today’s ABS Single Touch Payroll data confirms that JobMaker has come too late to help younger workers displaced by Covid job lockdowns and it is now missing the real target – older workers in retirement and tourist regions.


Comparing Payroll Jobs and Labour Force Survey Employed Persons

What’s in an Age?

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Covid Jobs Update from John Black, CEO of Education Geographics, October 12, 2020 Some economists, trade unions and the Labor Opposition say the Federal Government’s JobMaker Budget proposal which subsidises wages only for eligible workers less than 35 years old should be open to eligible workers of any age. They argue that the current policy


Job recovery was underway in May following initial hit in April May 2020

Jobs Recovery Was Underway In May Following Initial Hit In March/April

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The recovery in many jobs was well under way in May. It’s been most pronounced in those hit first in March/April, working in hospitality, young home buyers, young casual workers also studying at TAFE and this is all to the good. The downturn however continued in May among farming and rural communities, especially fishing (think


Impact on Australian Employment by COVID-19 by John Black, ADS Chairman

Impact on Australian Employment by COVID-19

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We trace the jobs impact of the Covid-19 labour market shutdown in a news article and a linked online story map published in The Australian today. The story outlines the evidence that the jobs downturn impacts announced by the Prime Minister in late March were sudden and deep and that since then, there have already


CLERKS REPLACE TRADIES AS DOMINANT ALP BLOC

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One in four women work as professionals. Their support for Labor candidates steadily increased from 1980 under Coalition Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and by 2004, this support had levelled off to split 50/50 between Labor and the Coalition. However, the inner-urban professional seats – such as Melbourne Ports and Brisbane – swung to Coalition Leader


MIDDLE CLASS JOBS HOLLOWING OUT

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78,300 full time jobs were lost for Tradesmen and Tradeswomen in the past year, virtually all of them in the private sector. 65,700 of these full-time jobs lost were formerly held by Tradesmen. 55,500 full time clerical and admin jobs were lost last year. 51,400 of these were former full time jobs in the private


JOB MARKET CHANGES HIT SCHOOLS & UNIS

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Only about 45 per cent of year 12 students from Government schools in 2015 said they had a Bachelor degree as their main post-school destination, but the equivalent figure from non-Government year 12 completers was about 63 per cent. Our company Education Geographics profiles non-Government schools and we currently have about ten per cent of