August 2009
The Chair of the Western Australian Electrical Licensing Board has released the following statement on the board’s position on recognition of overseas electrical licences.
Recently the Electrical Licensing Board became aware that persons were “shopping” for licences around Australia. The purpose of “shopping” around was … Read the rest
The individual income tax rates for the current year 2009-2010 year are:
|
Taxable income |
Tax on this income |
$0 ?? $6,000 |
Nil |
$6,001 ?? $35,000 |
15c for each $1 over $6,000 |
$35,001 ?? $80,000 |
$4,350 plus 30c for each $1 over $34,000 |
$80,001 ?? $180,000 |
$17,850 plus 38c for each |
10th December 2009
The Australian unemployment rate decreased in November 2009 from 5.8% to 5.7%
11,122 Less Unemployed full timers
The number of unemployed people looking for Full Time work reduced by 11,122 to 486,416, in November 2009, from 497,537 in October 2009.
30,838 more in … Read the rest
An Australian government website provides details of job prospects, average hours and average wages for a range of many occupations.
An example of this information, current at Dec 2009, is:
Accountants:
Job prospects – Good
Weekly earnings – $1196
Employment growth for Accountants to 2012-13 is expected to be strong.… Read the rest
Figures issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, show the following Average Annual Earnings for Males over 15 year of age, for Full Time Adult Total Earnings, including overtime and penalty rates.
| Industry | May-2003 | May-2013 | 10 Year rise | Mining | $77,376 | $133,806 | 72.93% | Manufacturing | $52,005 | $72,758 | 39.91% | Electricity, Gas, Water |
In November 2009, Hometrack, a residential property provider, showed that the median gross household income in some suburbs of the general Sydney area of New South Wales was:
How relevant are Household Income figures ?
After reading a report from the ABS , … Read the rest
Also see: ../average-wages-in-australia
Australia Unemployment description:
Unemployment rates and percentages can make very interesting reading, especially when looking at the Trend rates, or the Seasonally adjusted rates, or even the original figures themselves. It can be confusing, for some, especially if you compare one series in one period to another … Read the rest
Australia has a scheme to assist mature age people in obtaining further employment prospects with the Mature Age Apprenticeship scheme.
Mature Age Apprenticeship scheme
The way this seems to work is that employers receive government funded incentives of normally up to $4,000.
Each State may be different in this, and … Read the rest
