Population, Employment & Skills Shortages
Dec 28th 2009, 4:02 am
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Population, Employment & Skills Shortages
Following are recent articles in the news.....
Populate and prosper. IN what surely must come as a great surprise to demographers biding their time at university campuses and in research bureaus, the population issue has assumed barbecue-stopper status. The debate started when the former Howard government released its intergenerational reports, revealing the spectre of an ageing population putting the fiscal crunch on future workers.
MANAGERS and professionals have prospered through the economic downturn while tradespeople, machine operators and clerical staff have been laid off. New employment figures show big swings in the labour force as industries such as manufacturing, property and construction bear the brunt, while sectors such as health and education have been relatively untouched
Skills shortage looms as growth obstacle for resources industry. THE next decade is expected to throw up the same issues as the last for the resources sector, as the quest for scale continues through mergers, and China and India put growing demands on Australia's production, infrastructure and skills base.
Populate and prosper. IN what surely must come as a great surprise to demographers biding their time at university campuses and in research bureaus, the population issue has assumed barbecue-stopper status. The debate started when the former Howard government released its intergenerational reports, revealing the spectre of an ageing population putting the fiscal crunch on future workers.
MANAGERS and professionals have prospered through the economic downturn while tradespeople, machine operators and clerical staff have been laid off. New employment figures show big swings in the labour force as industries such as manufacturing, property and construction bear the brunt, while sectors such as health and education have been relatively untouched
Skills shortage looms as growth obstacle for resources industry. THE next decade is expected to throw up the same issues as the last for the resources sector, as the quest for scale continues through mergers, and China and India put growing demands on Australia's production, infrastructure and skills base.
