Fed: Skill vacancies down for January

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2006
Fed: Skill vacancies down for January

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' skilled vacancies index has fallen
by 2.9 per cent in January.

The index is 12.6 per cent down on the January 2005 figure and 13.8 per cent lower
than the 2005 peak in April.





All states recorded falls in January .. Western Australia fell 4.8 per cent .. South
Australia 3.8 per cent .. Queensland 3.5 per cent .. the Northern Territory 3.1 per cent
.. NSW 2.4 per cent .. Tasmania 1.3 per cent and Victoria 1.2 per cent.





Over the year to January 2006 .. Tasmania was the only state to record a rise .. up
by 8.7 per cent.

Vacancies fell in the Northern Territory by 23.6 per cent .. 16.5 per cent in Victoria
.. NSW lost 15.1 per cent .. South Australia 15 per cent .. Western Australia 12.6 per
cent and Queensland 7.8 per cent.

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KEYWORD: VACANCIES (CANBERRA)

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