Summary: This guide provides a brief overview of youth unemployment, an introduction to the key concepts and terminology used, and lists relevant data sources. This is one in a series of Quick Guides related to labour statistics, designed to provide a basic understanding of the Australian labour market data. In the labour force framework, unemployed...

The number of young Australians who are unemployed for longer than a year has more than tripled since 2008, according to this report. Introduction Youth unemployment has been marching upward in Australia in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008. The unemployment rate nationally among those aged 15 to 24 at March 2014...

This review presents a summary of evidence on outcomes from active labour market programs. Active labour market programs aim to increase the likelihood of employment for individuals who are unemployed or at risk of unemployment. The focus of this review is on studies of active labour market programs in Australia, supplemented with international evidence. An...

Tasmanian permier Lara Giddings says 3,300 new jobs were created in the past six months. But opposition leader Will Hodgman claims 10,000 full-time jobs have been lost under the Labor-Green minority Government. Who is right?

Introduction: The Brotherhood of St Laurence has launched a campaign to bring attention to the rising crisis of youth unemployment in Australia. Youth unemployment has risen across the country, and now sits at 12.2% nationally. That’s up from 8.8% in 2008. But much worse – there are youth unemployment hotspots right across the country where...