Australia's mining workforce has grown by more than 20,000 people in the past year and supported 5000 new apprentices as the nation's unemployment rate continues to fall, according to the Minerals Council of Australia. Read More
Unemployment rates for geoscientists continued to rise in the 2020 March quarter, however fears of a severe impact to the sector from COVID-19 has not yet transpired, according to the Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey. Read More
Unemployment among Australian geoscientists has continued to fall in the first quarter of 2019, however those that are self-employed continued to struggle. Read More
Queensland is teeming with hundreds of jobs in the resources sector, from Townsville and Mt Isa in the north, to Toowoomba and Roma in the south and in corporate headquarters in Brisbane. Read More
Geoscientific employment in Australia continues to plumb new depths, with record underemployment since the start of the Australian geoscientist employment survey in 2009. Read More
The ongoing mining decline is creating a skills shortage as professionals exit the industry, and an unemployment rate triple that of the rest of the nation. Read More
Major projects in WA are being flooded with job applications, as the unemployment rate climbed from 5.2 per cent in January to 5.9 in February, the highest level of unemployment seen in the mining state since 2003. Read More