What a difference twelve months makes… or does it? Writing just on twelve months ago, I noted: Youth unemployment is a contentious and growing challenge for policy makers. The impact…
Yesterday’s Labour Force data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows some significant [and alarming] firsts in the Youth [15-24] Labour Market: Youth Underemployment is at an all-time high = 18.0% Youth Under-utilisation […
Capability deprivation.. The Australian Labour Force figures for February 2015 were published this morning. The Youth Unemployment rate [trend] for 15-19 year olds has increased to 20.1%, the highest since June 1997….