It is estimated that the growth in the state’s disability sector will create more than 30,000 new jobs by 2018. The new jobs will come from government investments and the national disability insurance scheme. NSW Disabilities Minister Andrew Constance launched another advertising blitz on Wednesday aimed at encouraging job seekers to consider the community care … Continue reading
AUSTRALIANS are dropping out of the workforce at unprecedented rates. Since the end of 2010, Bureau of Statistics figures show, two-thirds of the growth in the adult population has been among people who are neither employed nor unemployed, just sitting on the sidelines. New jobs figures yesterday show that in the past 18 months, the … Continue reading
The slump in retail spending has claimed another victim, with Queensland-based WOW Audio Visual Superstores placed in the hands of receivers and managers. The company has about 500 employees, with 10 stores in Queensland and two in New South Wales, according to a statement from receivers and managers Ferrier Hodgson. WOW Audio Visual Superstores also has … Continue reading