Liberal Party Victoria
Victoria: the only state experiencing a fall in job vacancies
Victoria is the only state in Australia to suffer a fall in job vacancies in the last 12 months according tofigures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Job vacancies are an important leading indicator of future jobs growth.
According to the figures released today for the November 2020 quarter, Victoria has 1,700 fewer job vacancies than in the November 2019 quarter.
Victoria was the only state to suffer a reduction in job vacancies during that time.
This fall is entirely driven by a fall in job vacancies numbers in the private sector.
 There are more job vacancies in Queensland than at any time since 1983 however the state lags the nation in creating new positions following the easing of COVID restrictions. New Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show Queensland job vacancies reached 47,900 in the November 2020 quarter, a 14 per cent rise over the three months. Nationally, job vacancies shot past pre-COVID levels, jumping 23 per cent to 254,000 in the three months through November. There were 227,000 vacancies in the February quarter, the last before the economy shut down to stop the spread of the virus. Centrelink queues have plummeted as Queensland records a record number of job vacancies. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled