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WA to lock away mine boom riches - The Australian

WA to lock away mine boom riches
The Australian
Mr Porter said Western Australia was responsible for 70 per cent of national jobs growth over the past year, and the state was being inundated with 1000 people a week arriving to work in the resources industry. "What's happening in Western Australia is ...

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Jobs boom predicted as gas flows in Northern Territory - ABC Local

Jobs boom predicted as gas flows in Northern Territory
ABC Local
Just looking for some jobs at Inpex here at the moment. STUMPY: I am sick of doing fly-in-fly-outs. I've been in Western Australia for nine years, yeah fly-in-fly-out from here. The money is a lot better down there, better job opportunities.

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Go west, all the jobs are there - ABC Online

TheBull.com.au

Go west, all the jobs are there
ABC Online
MICHAEL JANDA: The message has been clear for a while, if you're desperate for a job, move to Western Australia. It has the lowest unemployment rate of any state at 3.8 per cent and if the Reserve Bank's deputy governor, Philip Lowe, is right, ...
Mining Grows at Staggering 12% A Year, Rest of Aussie Economy Drags at 1%International Business Times AU

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No skills crisis here, but America we need you - NEWS.com.au

No skills crisis here, but America we need you
NEWS.com.au
... weekend make an appeal to Texans to fill 650 vacant skilled jobs here. The mining, construction and oil and gas sectors are crying out for skilled workers - with unfilled vacancies spreading across South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland.
Houston, we have a skills problemAdelaide Now

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WA jobless rate the lowest in Australia - Herald Sun

Sydney Morning Herald

WA jobless rate the lowest in Australia
Herald Sun
WESTERN Australia continues to lead the nation in employment, with the creation of about 6800 jobs in April pushing the state's jobless rate to a three-and-a-half-year low. The mining state's unemployment rate fell to 3.8 per cent during the month, ...
WA unemployment lowest in three yearsSydney Morning Herald
Jobs shock hits rate-cut oddsWA today
Unemployment drops as job seekers give upABC Online
The Australian
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Job statistics can't beat word on the street - Sydney Morning Herald

Bloomberg

Job statistics can't beat word on the street
Sydney Morning Herald
This week, I had a great chat with one driver who told me his plans to take a job as a security guard at a mine in Western Australia. Take the Irvine interactive quiz He didn't fancy driving trucks but, as it turns out, there are plenty of well-paid ...
WA unemployment lowest in three yearsWA today
ABS getting from point A to point B via the short circuitThe Age
Australian Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Falls to 1-Year LowBloomberg
Wall Street Journal -NEWS.com.au
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Ashby heads to court - The Australian

Ashby heads to court
The Australian
WA Treasurer Christian Porter says the fund will be worth at least $4.7 billion within 20 years and will preserve the benefits of the resources boom for future generations (Oz), (West Australian). The federal government has also turned up the heat on ...

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Beware of Dutch disease - The Australian

Beware of Dutch disease
The Australian
The result is both employment and inflation-adjusted wages often fall for the local industries that provide most of a country's jobs. The Australian strain of this disease stems from China's surging demand for the raw materials - notably, iron ore, ...

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PM rebuilds the base to go back to the future - The Australian

PM rebuilds the base to go back to the future
The Australian
From 1949, when Robert Menzies returned to the prime ministership, to 1970, welfare's share of GDP increased by only three percentage points; in western Europe, the increase was seven times that. Yet the Australian exception was no sign of virtue.

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West looks east as skills get more scarce - The Australian

West looks east as skills get more scarce
The Australian
COMPETITION for workers is so fierce in Western Australia that the attempted poaching of apprentices is a feature of some sections of the jobs market. Figures released yesterday show the state's unemployment rate has fallen to 3.8 per cent, ...


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