Background:
This month’s ABS regional jobs figures show the unemployment rate in regional Victoria rose by 0.1% taking it to 5.7%.
Employment in regional Victoria fell over past three months with full time jobs down 8453.
Since Daniel Andrews came to office, the unemployment rate in Latrobe – Gippsland has gone from 6.1% to 8.0%; well above the state unemployment rate of 5.7%.
The most recent figures on the Latrobe LGA show unemployment has risen to 10.7%, up from 7.3% in December 2014.
The number of unemployed people in Latrobe – Gippsland has risen from 7966 to 10,259 since December 2014.
Comments attributable to Shadow Treasurer Michael O’Brien:
The Andrews Labor Government has no economic plan or jobs plan for regional Victoria.
Daniel Andrews is more interested in fighting the CFA than he is ensuring there are jobs for regional Victorians.
Comments attributable to Member for Morwell Russell Northe:
Jobs in the Latrobe Valley have dried up under Daniel Andrews.
Hundreds of jobs are hanging in the balance after reports Hazelwood Power Station may close, but the Andrews Labor Government has left the community in the dark on what they know and if there is any plan for the transition.
For two years Daniel Andrews has neglected the Latrobe Valley, it is time his city-centric Labor Government opened its eyes to the employment crisis unfolding.
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