EMPLOYMENT – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Doubts raised on mine job numbers

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Original article by Andrew Burrell
The Australian – Page: 9 : 8-Nov-17

Data from the 2016 Census shows that just 907 of the 8,000 Aboriginals who live in the Pilbara region currently work in the iron ore industry. In contrast, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group claim that they employ about 1,850 Aboriginal people in the Pilbara. Perth-based lawyer Franklin Gaffney says the census figures give credence to claims that Aboriginal employment numbers in the mining sector are being inflated. He has proposed independent monitoring of native title agreements to ensure that companies are meeting their targets for employing indigenous people.

CORPORATES
RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, LAVAN LEGAL, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

Education growing as place for jobs

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Original article by Shane Wright
The West Australian – Page: 20 : 19-Sep-14

The Australian employment market is changing. In the three months to August 2014, for the first time there were more people employed in education and training than manufacturing. In Western Australia (WA), education surpassed manufacturing nearly three years before. In WA, there were fewer than 96,000 people directly employed in mining, the lowest number since mid-2011. There were 152,000 retail workers, 150,000 healthcare workers and over 34,000 in the real estate sector

CORPORATES
AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, COMMONWEALTH SECURITIES LIMITED, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA