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at 9:40 am on April 20, 2021 | 2 comments
The loss of 500,000 temporary migrants and the closure of Australia’s international border to foreign workers has done a wonderful thing for Australia’s labour market – it has pushed the underemployment rate to its lowest level since June 2014, as revealed in last week’s March labour market release from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS):
Australia’s underemployment rate has fallen to a seven year low.
Historically, Australia’s underemployment rate has shown a very strong correlation with wage growth – certainly much stronger than the headline unemployment rate – as illustrated previously by Economist Phil Soos, as well on this site (see here).
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The federal government has removed two videos from its new online resource about sexual consent and respectful relationships following community and stakeholder backlash.
The suite of videos, digital stories, podcasts and other materials on The Good Society website was launched last week, as part of the government s $7.8 million Respect Matters program.
But the resource has faced significant backlash from rape prevention advocates, women s rights groups and politicians for its simplistic and often confusing messaging around sex and consent.
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Dr Michele Bruniges - secretary of the Department of Education, Skills and Employment - said on Tuesday that in response to community and stakeholder feedback, two videos have been removed .
New immigration data reveals that 18,600 foreign nationals arrived last month alone, compared to 14,300 Australian citizens. They included 2530 partners, parents or children of Australian citizens, on family visas, plus 3700 workers on skilled visas, 3200 foreigners on temporary visas and 1950 on visitor visas, usually reserved for tourists. New Zealanders made up 5100 arrivals last month, with 2000 Indian, 1300 Chinese, 1000 British and 750 American nationals. Throughout the pandemic - from April 2020 to March this year - 154,180 Australians have returned home, while 143,070 foreign nationals flew into Australia. The data was released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), on the eve of a federal parliamentary inquiry that is considering the need for more migrant workers.