The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has released the latest figures on apprentice and trainee numbers in the June 2016 quarter. The report highlights that there were 282,900 apprentice and trainees in-training as at 30 June 2016, a…
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The Queensland economy entered a period of milder growth in 2016, no longer buoyed by the mining investment ‘super cycle’ which included the construction of large-scale mining and LNG facilities across the State. In 2016, residential construction acted as a…
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Are we going to renew Australia’s coal-fired electricity generators? It doesn’t seem likely. Here’s why. Australians want three things from our electricity system: costs they can afford, supply they can rely on, and environmental sustainability. It’s easy to trade off…
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In my last blog on manufacturing employment (November 2016), I reported that Australian manufacturing was experiencing a limited but very welcome jobs recovery in the first half 2016. This was in line with the results of Ai Group’s Australian PMI®,…
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