...The problem is not unemployment, it is the unemployable!

Very good article, but unfortunately it will most likely fall on deaf ears on this site, as most here still think labor are doing a grand job.

As for women falling behind in the workforce, I have three words for it, it's called paid maternity leave, as from an employers point of view, it's much easier to avaoid conflict, or workforce disruption, than it is to deal with it.

With regards to the useless means used to formulate employment, neither government is game to change it as if the real figure was ever publicized, the opp, who ever they may be at the time, would have a field day with the numbers.

However, as I have said both here and before, many here on OLO are in denial.

After all, when the party they worship and can see no wrong are themselves in denial, what else do you expect.

However, a bigger problem looming is that while wages are crippling many businesses, both large and small, they (wages) are usually not enough to live on, let alone provide savings for ones future.

Add this to the increasing handouts we see, most of which are from borrowed money, I would suggest we be very worried, as there is nothing I can see that is a likely game changer in the short to medium term future.

What borrowed money is supporting welfare, lets remember money is reusable, what goes out this week comes back next week.
The unemployment and other statistics are a world standard. We can-not have our own system.
Why does everything you come up with have to have political slants attached.

579, last time I saw we were borrowing about $100 million a day. I guess this has increased given the ongoing illegals debacle.

So you can sit there and say we spend our own taxes on welfare, then borrow for other things if you wish, as I guess from where you see things it simply supports your state of continued denial.

As for employment figures being a global issue, I can't dispute that as I don't know, but what I do know is that just because the other guy does it, doesn't mean we need to follow, as two wrongs don't make a right.

I say to you again, wake up and smell the roses mate, as despite what you choose to believe, the future is looking grim, but as always, you are welcome to keep dreaming.

...The problem is not unemployment, it is the unemployable!
diver dan,
add to that the employed who don't work & whose wages are literally paid for no visible product.
Then there are those who show up for work at smoko time & disappear again after lunch. No-one can dock them because if anyone attempted to they'd either be physically assaulted or just plain & simply shafted by those who demand everyone should abide by LG protocol. The wrong-doers literally get away with it because of the wrong-doing of high ranking Public Servants & integrity devoid Legal Aid officers. We have plenty of work to be done but because all the funding is spent on the non-performing no real workers can be employed.
Peter Beatty & Anna Bligh set this up so that Campbell Newman won't have a hope in hell of sorting it out.

...I am not surprised to hear (by your description Individual), that some of the unemployable I refer to, actually arrive at work!