Queensland youth 'sick' of unemployment
8 years, 6 months ago

Queensland youth 'sick' of unemployment

ABC  

A group of young people in Townsville has taken to the streets to raise national awareness of the high rates of youth unemployment in Queensland. The latest regional unemployment figures for people between 15 and 24 show Queensland is the worst affected state or territory in Australia. Nick says he would be able to get his life back on track if he had a job. It's this constant up and down of hopefulness and trying not to get pushed back down by the fact that there are hundreds and hundreds of jobs going, but none that I can do at the moment.

Queensland Jason Om Job Abc  young  resume  youth  queensland  need  unemployment  job  abc  sick  jason  state  jobs

History of this topic

Why are millions of unemployed people excluded from our monthly 'unemployment' data?
3 years, 5 months ago

Why are millions of unemployed people excluded from our monthly 'unemployment' data?

ABC  

Do you scratch your head when you hear the government talking about the unemployment rate? Let's look at it again: to be considered officially unemployed, you must be available to start work in the same two weeks as the labour force survey is taking place. And that means you're shunted off into a different definitional category, called "not in the …

Australia's unemployment rate could be higher than 6.9 per cent according to analysis of welfare payments
4 years, 5 months ago

Australia's unemployment rate could be higher than 6.9 per cent according to analysis of welfare payments

ABC  

Australia's unemployment rate could be much higher than the 6.9 per cent reported last week, according to an ABC analysis of Federal Government welfare payments. Key points: Australia's jobless rate peaked at 7.5 per cent in July during the pandemic The gap between the unemployment rate and the JobSeeker rate is much higher in regional and rural areas. Economist Sarah …

Young Australians face 'bleak future' if Federal Government pursues budget repair too soon, Greens say
4 years, 5 months ago

Young Australians face 'bleak future' if Federal Government pursues budget repair too soon, Greens say

ABC  

If the Federal Government begins repairing the budget when the unemployment rate is 6 per cent, nearly 2 million Australians will still be out of work, or not getting enough work, and young people will bear the brunt of the pain, analysis shows. Key points: The youth unemployment rate is always higher than the national average Economists warn the unemployment …

NSW's unemployment rate is 6.7 per cent — but in these parts of Sydney it's a very different story for young people
4 years, 6 months ago

NSW's unemployment rate is 6.7 per cent — but in these parts of Sydney it's a very different story for young people

ABC  

Geraldeen Ansumana has been looking for work since the start of this year. "It's quite difficult, because you're having hopes like finally, I've got a job and I'm going to start working, and then they say, 'we're going to get back to you'," she said. Last week, the ABS said NSW's unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 per cent, but the …

Australia's real unemployment rate is higher than states and territories have have closed borders
4 years, 7 months ago

Australia's real unemployment rate is higher than states and territories have have closed borders

Daily Mail  

The real level of unemployment is higher in states and territories that have closed their borders to other parts of Australia. The Northern Territory has Australia's effective unemployment rate of 12.1 per cent - despite the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Pictured are drinkers at Darwin's Moonsoons bar The Northern Territory was the exception with the effective unemployment rate rising from …

Unemployment higher in states that have closed their borders to states with little, no COVID cases
4 years, 7 months ago

Unemployment higher in states that have closed their borders to states with little, no COVID cases

Daily Mail  

Australia's unemployment hot spots are in states that have closed their border to other states or territories with very few or even no COVID-19 cases. Queensland's Wide Bay region north of Brisbane, covering the cities of Bundaberg and Hervey Bay near Fraser Island, has Australia's second highest jobless rate of 17 per cent - a surge from 8.8 per cent …

Toowoomba, NSW Mid North Coast, Shepparton have Australia's highest unemployment since COVID-19
4 years, 10 months ago

Toowoomba, NSW Mid North Coast, Shepparton have Australia's highest unemployment since COVID-19

Daily Mail  

Unemployment has surged the most in areas of Australia that weren't necessarily dependent on foreign tourists or overseas university students for survival. Australia's joblessness hot spots Toowoomba, Queensland: 12.2 per cent Mid-North Coast, NSW: 11.8 per cent Shepparton, Victoria: 10.8 per cent Wide Bay, Queensland: 10.2 per cent Brisbane east, Queensland: 9.8 per cent Adelaide north, South Australia: 9.6 per …

Youth unemployment soars to one in four people in parts of the country
6 years ago

Youth unemployment soars to one in four people in parts of the country

ABC  

Madelin Ly loves animals, and wanted to work in a field that helped them. One in four young people unemployed in outback Qld Madelin lives in Cairnlea in Melbourne's west, a part of the country that has a youth unemployment rate of 15.5 per cent, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data that has been analysed by charity group, the …

Outback Queensland is the worst place for young people wanting a job
6 years ago

Outback Queensland is the worst place for young people wanting a job

ABC  

Youth unemployment in Australia is stagnating at levels not seen this century and is at crisis point in outback Queensland. Key points: The highest youth unemployment rate is in far north Queensland Coffs Harbour-Grafton, Wide Bay, Moreton Bay and Bendigo also have very high youth jobless rates Nationally, the youth unemployment rate remains more than twice as high as the …

Young people frustrated by lack of work in regions, as report shows unemployment in outback Qld tops 67pc
6 years, 11 months ago

Young people frustrated by lack of work in regions, as report shows unemployment in outback Qld tops 67pc

ABC  

A lack of full-time job prospects and endless rejections has left young people in regional Australia feeling bleak about their futures. Give us a go, teen says Coffs Harbour teenager Daniel Lewandowski finished school at the end of last year and said he had been looking for a landscaping apprenticeship for the past four months. "I guess that's why young …

Youth unemployment hotspots persist in regional and rural Australia, data shows
9 years ago

Youth unemployment hotspots persist in regional and rural Australia, data shows

ABC  

Young people are struggling to find work across Australia, but none more so than those living in outback Queensland, new analysis of jobless data shows. Key points: Youth unemployment rate reached 28pc in outback Queensland this year Shift towards "knowledge industries" is seeing a reduction in the number of entry-level jobs for young people School leavers feel frustrated they can …

Why youth unemployment is worse now than it was during the GFC
9 years, 4 months ago

Why youth unemployment is worse now than it was during the GFC

ABC  

While the legacy of Joe Hockey's "get a good job" gaffe is still fresh, the rest of Australia, especially young people, know that landing work in 2015 is no easy feat. Today, stats from the Brotherhood of St Laurence, a community organisation that works to alleviate poverty in Australia, paint a pretty alarming portrait of what it's like to be …

Unemployment rate in South Australia hits 15-year high; crisis building for some time, Business SA says
9 years, 8 months ago

Unemployment rate in South Australia hits 15-year high; crisis building for some time, Business SA says

ABC  

South Australia now clearly stands out as the worst state for unemployment, recording its highest jobless rate in 15 years. South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said the state's growing unemployment rate was "deeply disturbing". Mr Weatherill said South Australia would have to "run just to stay still" on employment in coming years. Figure could reach double digits: Business SA Mr …

Tasmanian youth jobless rates the level of 'train wreck' economies: report
11 years, 1 month ago

Tasmanian youth jobless rates the level of 'train wreck' economies: report

ABC  

A national welfare group has declared Tasmania's youth unemployment is at the levels of some of the "train wreck" economies in Europe. The Brotherhood of St Laurence says Tasmania has the worst levels in a country which has a national youth unemployment average of 12.2 per cent. "It is a national problem, but here in Tasmania it's a particular problem …

Youth unemployment at crisis point, according to Brotherhood of St Laurence analysis
11 years, 1 month ago

Youth unemployment at crisis point, according to Brotherhood of St Laurence analysis

ABC  

Youth unemployment has reached crisis point in Australia, the Brotherhood of St Laurence says, as it releases an analysis of the latest official figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. South-east Tasmania recorded nearly 20 per cent unemployment in the age group, while 18 per cent of young people in Launceston and north-east Tasmania were unemployed. South Australia's worst result …

Discover Related