Tag: unemployment
Unemployment drops in Wyndham
Wyndham’s unemployment rate has fallen by two per cent within a 12-month period.
According to data from the federal Department of Employment, Skills, Small and...
Council boost for youth jobs and training
Youth unemployment in Wyndham will be tackled under a council initiative to build jobs and education pathways.
Wyndham mayor Mia Shaw said the west had...
Unemployment in the west
There are 35,600 unemployed people living in Melbourne’s west – including Wyndham, Brimbank, Hobsons Bay, Melton and Maribyrnong – according to the latest data...
Youth jobless figures ‘fixable’
Melbourne’s western suburbs are in the middle of a youth unemployment crisis, but the state government says it’ll soon be over.
Data from the Australian...
Job seeker nears 500 knockbacks
Hoppers Crossing resident Caryn Hearsch has reached a new milestone … but not one she wants to celebrate.
Last week, Ms Hearsch received her 478th rejection...
Jobs to go in Wyndham council shake-up
A number of Wyndham council directors and managers are facing the chopping block in a whole-of-house restructure aimed at cutting red tape and 'enhancing...
Pallas plays down youth unemployment
State Treasurer and Werribee MP Tim Pallas is trying to talk up the jobs market for young Victorians.
Mr Pallas last week spoke positively of...
Jobless, but not for want of trying
All Caryn Hearsch wants to do is work. But the Hoppers Crossing resident is struggling to find a job, despite sending off 359 applications...
Unemployment statistics a tale of two suburbs
Werribee has the highest unemployment rate of any suburb in Wyndham at 11.4 per cent, according to figures released by LeadWest.
The quarterly data also...
More jobless but fewer volunteers in Wyndham
The number of volunteers in Wyndham is lower than the state average, data released by North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network shows.
In a population...
Food Bank helps avoid hard choices
Tough economic times are forcing more Victorians to choose between heating or eating this winter.
Single dad Tom, who didn’t want to reveal his surname,...
Unemployment hits 11.5 per cent in Werribee
Werribee has the third-highest number of unemployed residents in the state, according to the latest figures.
The March quarter small-area labour market statistics show that...
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A Shaw thing
Wyndham councillor Mia Shaw will once again don the mayoral robes after holding off a challenge from Cr Peter Maynard.
Seven of the eleven...
