With the Mining Boom coming to an end, are there still jobs available in Queensland?

The Australia Institute came out with a report just recently showing that in Queensland, 2 in 3 new jobs would be coming from the following sectors:

• Healthcare
• Professional and Technical services,
• Education and Training
• Accommodation and Food Services
• Construction

In the report, it is showing that jobs are going to be coming from these areas well into the next 20 years.

This is definitely something that everyone can look forward to for the Australian state which is the 2^nd largest and 3^rd most populous in the country, as according to the report, the growth in the number of jobs in these sectors are so far exceeding the number of the decline in jobs in the mining industry.

The Queensland Resources Council noted in January of this year that the mining industry unfortunately had to put and end to more than 20,000 jobs for a period of 2 years, which is actually more than a quarter of the whole workforce in this sector. Nevertheless, the good news is that for the same period, the state’s total employment went up by 72,000 because of a steady growth in employment in different types of industries, especially in services.

”ABS data show that after some volatile years, there have been marked improvements,” said Mr Tom Swann, the co-author of the report and a researcher at The Australia Institute. ”Last year, jobs growth in Queensland hit a seven year high, the unemployment rate fell, and all this while the participation edged upwards and the mining industry shed a record amount of jobs.”

The report by The Australia Intitute came out before the Jobs Growth Summit last week held in Queensland. The summit was able to bring together politicians, heads of industries, and academics in order to identify the future jobs creation of the state.

Said Ms Jackie Trad, the Deputy Premier, she wanted to hear from the sectors that are considered to be at the frontlines of creating new jobs in the state, regarding the different ways how growth can continue over the next 10 years.

Mr Curtis Pitt, the treasurer, states that the latest forecasts show the population of Queensland could reach to almost 7 million in the next 2 decades, which gives emphasis to the significance of all positions in the government working together so a solid plan can be established in job creations as well as the strong growth in the region.

According to Mr Pitt, the latest numbers that came from the Queensland Government Statistician’s Office predicts that by the year 2036, the population of the state could possibly be at 6.8 million, which is up from the present population of 4.8 million. It substantiates the long term plan of the Palaszczuk Government regarding record investments in education and health, as well as business attraction and infrastructure. It looks like the future is brighter than ever in the state of Queensland, and people have absolutely nothing to worry about, even at the end of the mining boom.

Source: MigrationAlliance.com.au