Unemployment headline is a bit rubbery
The headline in [last week’s] Coast Community News that “Unemployment on the Coast falls to 2%” is way off the mark. The data (2% unemployment rate) was correct for May,…
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We have to think clearly about how we survive into the future
[Forum] With unemployment rising and China increasingly withdrawing support for the Australian economy, we as individuals, have to think clearly about how we survive into the future. Anyone going into…
March quarter job losses likely to be extended in June
Latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show the Central Coast fared well as far as job losses went during the month of April compared to other regional…
Hundreds of hospitality workers on the Central Coast are without jobs
Hundreds of hospitality workers on the Central Coast are without jobs, as clubs and hotels closed down at noon on March 23, following a directive from Prime Minister, Scott Morrison,…
Unemployment on the rise on Central Coast
NSW Business Chamber, Central Coast, has said that the latest unemployment figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics are a real worry for the local economy. Regional Director, Paula Martin,…
Hearing learns of failure of Job Active Network
T he Job Active Network is failing to help the unemployed, according to Senator Deborah O’Neill. Senator O’Neill was speaking with Coast Community News from a Public Hearing of the…
Youth unemployment 35 % higher than national average
The local youth unemployment rate sits at a “shocking” 16.2 per cent, while the national joblessness rate for youth aged 15 to 24 stands at an average of just above…
Central Coast has one of the highest rates of youth unemployment
The ACTU has identified the Central Coast as one of 20 areas in Australia with an unacceptably high rate of youth unemployment. Those areas are grappling with youth unemployment rates…
Unemployment at 7.6 per cent, youth 17.9 per cent
The latest Bureau of Statistics unemployment figures show 7.6 per cent of residents in the 2256 and 2257 postcode areas were unemployed, according to Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch….
Central Coast unemployment figures increase dramatically
September labour statistics indicated that unemployment on the Central Coast had risen to 6.4 per cent and youth unemployment to 17.9 per cent, prompting Labor to allege that the Member…