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ABS Labour Force

ABS Labour Force data including the latest employment and unemployment data.

Australian Jobs

Australian Jobs is a handy overview of the Australian labour market, including information about State and Territory employment as well as a guide to the occupations and industries in which Australians work.

Australian Regional Labour Markets

This quarterly publication presents statistics on employment, unemployment, the unemployment rate and the participation rate by ABS Labour Force Region.

Better Connections Workshops

This site includes the presentations delivered at Better Connections Workshops. These presentations include an overview of the local labour market and the findings from employer surveys conducted in the region.

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

This website offers information on visas, immigration and citizenship.

Industry Outlooks

Part of the SkillsInfo website - statistical reports on major industry groups - in PDF format.

Industry Profiles

Part of the SkillsInfo website - offers access to large collections of employment data through Excel spreadsheets.

Job Outlook

Job Outlook complements the Australian Jobs publication and provides detailed and forward-looking information for around 350 occupations.

MODL

The Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) is used by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship to target the skill stream of the migration program in national demand and which have sound longer term prospects.

Regional and Industry Reports

Provides findings from regional and industry based surveys of employers regarding their recruitment experiences.

Regional Census Profiles

Contains employment profiles for DEEWR Labour Market Regions (LMRs) and Employment Service Areas (ESAs). The profiles include Census 2006 data by both Industry and Occupations.

SkillsInfo

SkillsInfo provides comprehensive and forward looking data on industry employment, skills-related information and links to industries and regions.

Skill Shortages

Skill Shortage research is undertaken by DEEWR. The research focuses on professions, associate professions and trades, although a number of occupations in the management group are also included in the program.

Small Area Labour Markets

Estimates of the number of unemployed persons and unemployment rates for approximately 1 350 Statistical Local Areas across Australia. Also estimates of the main labour market aggregates for the 19 DEEWR labour market regions.

Vacancy Report

Includes the Skilled Vacancies Index which is based on a monthly count of the advertisements for most skilled occupations in the major metropolitan newspaper in each state.