By Stephanie Acevedo A record number of people have been employed in WA’s mining industry in the past year than at any other time in the State’s history, new figures reveal. The Latest statistics from the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety for the 2017-18 financial year showed more than 112,000 people were directly…
WA’s unemployment rate has increased to 6.6% over the last 2 months, with fears they will increase further. This comes after a 0.8% increase in unemployment several months before. A lot of people are entering back into the workforce after seeing how the economic downturn played out, and are now stuck with being unemployed. Shawdow…
After weeks of strikes from the determined workers, one of the contractors who are at the centre of storm announced that it will shut down in June. Global Stevedoring Service has released a statement to the media yesterday, saying that the company cannot continue its operations. The Secretary for Labour, Matthew Cheung said the department…