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Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... again when Australia's soothsayers sing a familiar refrain, 'we are doomed.' I of course refer to the Australian Labour Force Report which will be released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at 11:30 AM, our time. Market betting is that the report ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... a free archive -- I was able to access a news article posted on 7 April 2005 - the day the March 2005 Australian Labour Force report was released. The ABC reported on this day that then 'Federal Employment Minister Kevin Andrews says the jobless rate ...

No bad news is no news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
What's this? No headlines on yesterday's all-important Australian Labour Force report? Australian newspapers have relegated yesterday's Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) employment report to their inside pages. Since November last year, the media ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... addresses the Australian Institute of Company Directors Luncheon in Sydney. Last week's better-than-expected Australian labour force report confirms the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) view that although the domestic economy has downshifted ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the Australian Labour Force report today. Market expectations centre on a meager 5K increase in jobs in July and the unemployment rate to rise to 4.3 percent. This forecast represents a softening from ...

Self-employed lack super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... retirement savings of Australia's self-employed compared with wage and salary earners within the wider Australian labour force," said ASFA chief executive, Pauline Vamos. According to the research, the average super balance for self-employed males in ...

Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revised its estimates about the mobility of the Australian labour force noting that of 9.921 million people aged 15 years and over who were working in February 2006 for employers other than themselves, 11.6 per ...
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