Paul1Perth Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Actually 2.4% is indeed very close and of course the gap is getting smaller. It's not close at all. The last time unemployment was that low in the UK was 2008. Don't get the comment "and of course the gap is getting smaller", said as thought it's common knowledge for all. Latest figures seem to suggest the gap is getting wider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 It's not close at all. The last time unemployment was that low in the UK was 2008. Don't get the comment "and of course the gap is getting smaller", said as thought it's common knowledge for all. Latest figures seem to suggest the gap is getting wider. Australias rate in 2011 was under 4%, the UKs was over 8%. One is trending up and the other down. If you were comparing Australia to Spain for example then yes the difference is huge but between Australia and the UK the difference is small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach pig Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 you only need to work 1 hour in aus to be classed as employed :arghh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 you only need to work 1 hour in aus to be classed as employed :arghh: Yes that is absurd, the criteria for being employed in both countries is crazy but 1 hour is just ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomPrincesses Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Equally that could work in my favor as I believe I'd only have to work 16 hours as a single parent in order to qualify for various tax credits, lets hope the jobs do actually exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 (edited) Australias rate in 2011 was under 4%, the UKs was over 8%. One is trending up and the other down. Difficult to see any real change in the trend for Aus since the GFC. or the UK for that matter. Edited May 13, 2013 by Peach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Just look at the worms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Just look at the worms yep, ignoring the facts as you go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 No, you look at the worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 No, you look at the worms. Doesn't matter how you squint at the graphs, for both countries there is plenty of variance up and down with no clear trend for either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 The simple truth is jobs are becoming harder to find. The WA market is only so big.How many newbies arriving each week? There is only so much to go around. With the mining coming of the boil where exactly are the new jobs going to be created? It takes time to filter through the system so it'll still be several months ...a year until the trend will more than likely become obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Doesn't matter how you squint at the graphs, for both countries there is plenty of variance up and down with no clear trend for either. Actually, looking at the worms like HB suggested, you could say that the UK looks to be heading up Aus down.:wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 So you really do look at things upside down in Australia, I thought it was just a schoolboy joke Actually, looking at the worms like HB suggested, you could say that the UK looks to be heading up Aus down.:wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I think that is why we saw that WA bucked the trend and unemployment rose last month on the back of, they say, the mining downturn. The simple truth is jobs are becoming harder to find. The WA market is only so big.How many newbies arriving each week? There is only so much to go around. With the mining coming of the boil where exactly are the new jobs going to be created? It takes time to filter through the system so it'll still be several months ...a year until the trend will more than likely become obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 The simple truth is jobs are becoming harder to find. The WA market is only so big.How many newbies arriving each week? There is only so much to go around. With the mining coming of the boil where exactly are the new jobs going to be created? It takes time to filter through the system so it'll still be several months ...a year until the trend will more than likely become obvious. Last I heard flag was something like 1500 people a week coming into WA and most to Perth I would guess. Obvious it can't carry on, has to be stagnation point at some time. Went a bike ride up to Yanchep yesterday, along Marmion Ave and the number of new houses and estates either being built or planned for up there is staggering. We went about 65Km all up and after Mindarie there are either new houses being built or landcorp signs in the bush telling people to keep out, so must be planned for building at some point. Saw a Kangaroo for the first time in ages, big one too, glad there were no cars at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Its ridiculous, just keep knocking down the bush to build endless souless estates. They will just end up like ghettos when the work dries up and people move back to civilisation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach pig Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I think the shandies have hit you hard, your figures are way out but I see what you have done You took the % figure to be millions, ie 8 and 5 million. thanks pay no attention then to that post i feel deeply humiliated though the graphs still look favouribly better for the uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 thanks pay no attention then to that post i feel deeply humiliated though the graphs still look favouribly better for the uk LOL. No problem. Yes it seems clear that one is trending down and the other up but honestly neither is as bad as many other countries around the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Its ridiculous, just keep knocking down the bush to build endless souless estates. They will just end up like ghettos when the work dries up and people move back to civilisation. They aren't exactly miles away from anywhere. If you have a job in Joondalup or Wanneroo they are only prob only 15 mins away. I wouldn't like to travel into Perth every day from there but a lot do. Perth is not that big yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Have I missed something? You probably missed the beginning of the saga - sometime in 2012. :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomPrincesses Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Good to know my life is entertaining somebody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Like who mate ? Like homewardbound588 who made a lot of money in Australia and could use the beneficial exchange rate to retire to bucolic village life in Herefordshire. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 We're chucking the towel In because we are really bored living in perth, it's a large town with no escape at all. It just like living in a large uk town ( ie Norwich) and never being able to go anywhere else. We're hours away from any other towns ( which are a smaller version of perth ) and 4 hours by plane away from another city. Did you not look at a map before you moved to Perth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndoe Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Good to know my life is entertaining somebody You put it out there.........................which life would that be though? The one earning 200K joint or the unemployed one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomPrincesses Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 You put it out there.........................which life would that be though? The one earning 200K joint or the unemployed one? And it's of course impossible that one could become the other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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