Mr Morrison spoke today to the just released ABS stats on June employment. 210,000 jobs were added in the month, including 60% women and 50% ‘youth’.
He acknowledged that the majority are part-time jobs but they are “still jobs working next to people who still have a job”.
In fact, 600,000 people have moved from the no employment in April to the ‘underemployed’ category, but 920,000 worked fewer hours than previously.
69,000 people moved to unemployed status, taking the number to 992,300 or 7.4% nationally. In SA it is 8.8%. In February it was 2.3%.
The Prime Minister yesterday released the government’s new JobMaker package funded at $1.5 billion to extend the support of apprentice wages and retraining schemes over six months to April 2021.
180,000 apprentices will be subsidised up to $14,000 per year, gauged as half their wage, and will be available for businesses up to 200 staff.
Mr Morrison’s message is that the economy is fighting back. "As difficult as these times are, let’s not look down, let’s look up, let’s lift our heads. Let's lift our heads and keep looking forward," he said.
