Victorian Government Spruiks Regional Jobs Growth

Regional Victoria saw the largest job increase across Australia last month with 7,300 people finding employment, resulting in the lowest unemployment rate nationwide at 3.5 percent. It brings the total number of employed people in regional Victoria to 821,800, according to government figures. The area also created 163,000 new jobs over the past decade, the highest growth rate over ten years nationwide, at 25 percent. The region has consistently maintained a low unemployment rate; the latest figure shows a rise of just 1.1 percent since Sept. 2023 and 0.4 percent since May 2023. Treasurer Tim Pallas praised projects such as the offshore wind zone in the Southern Ocean off western Victoria, for creating thousands of jobs for engineers, labourers, technicians, and others....