❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding jobs growth in WA, split by region, sector, and relation to government contracts. The answer provides some figures but largely deflects due to data limitations and the nature of the referenced graph.
AnsweredQoN 5576Legislative Assembly
Asked
26 September 2019
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations
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I refer to the graph of total employed persons in WA on the WA Government website, and I ask: (a) As per information on this graph, what is the total jobs growth and the percentage jobs growth from 2007-2008 to 2016-2017: (i) What is the split between regional jobs and metropolitan jobs in this growth; (b) As per information on this graph, what is the predicted total jobs growth and the percentage jobs growth from 2016-2017 to the target set in 2023-2024: (i) What is the predicted split between regional jobs and metropolitan jobs in this growth; (c) Can the Premier provide a full breakdown of the jobs growth the government has reported since coming into government, including: (i) Regional and metropolitan split,; (ii) Public and private sector split, by regional and metropolitan split; and (iii) Proportion of jobs that are related to fixed government infrastructure contracts, by regional and metropolitan split; and (d) In relation to the jobs announced and created by the recent school maintenance and hospital maintenance investments, can the Premier confirm whether these numbers are included in the jobs target on the WA Government website: (i) If so, how does the Premier come to the conclusion that new jobs are created, rather than existing contractors utilising their staff, especially in regional WA?
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Answered
31 October 2019
Response time
9 days
(a) Over the period 2007-08 to 2016-17 the number of people employed in Western Australia, in annual average terms, increased by 164,700 people (or 14.5%); noting that in the last term of the previous government not a single new job was created.
(i) The ABS measure identifies the number of people in employment as a total and not by specific industry or individual regional location.
(b) The graph the Member refers to is historical by nature and does not show predicted growth.
(i) Not applicable.
(c) Between 2016-17 (annual average) and 2018-19 Western Australia has experienced growth in employed persons of 40,700. In monthly terms, from March 2017 to August 2019 employment has increased by 56,000 people.
(i) – (iii)
The ABS measure identifies the number of people in employment as a total and not by specific industry or individual regional location.
(d) No.
(i) Not applicable.
(i) The ABS measure identifies the number of people in employment as a total and not by specific industry or individual regional location.
(b) The graph the Member refers to is historical by nature and does not show predicted growth.
(i) Not applicable.
(c) Between 2016-17 (annual average) and 2018-19 Western Australia has experienced growth in employed persons of 40,700. In monthly terms, from March 2017 to August 2019 employment has increased by 56,000 people.
(i) – (iii)
The ABS measure identifies the number of people in employment as a total and not by specific industry or individual regional location.
(d) No.
(i) Not applicable.
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