Unemployment in Latrobe City Council has risen 1.3 per cent in just one quarter under Daniel Andrews according to this quarter’s Small Area Labour Markets figures.
(Source: The Australian Government Department of Employment – June quarter 2016)
Since Daniel Andrews and Labor came to office the unemployment rate in Latrobe has risen from 7.3 per cent to 10.7 per cent in June 2016.
The Liberal Nationals Coalition is working on a plan to manage Victoria’s population to drive economic growth and create new job opportunities throughout all of Victoria.
The Andrews Labor Government has no economic plan or jobs plan for regional Victoria.
Comments attributable to Member for Morwell Russell Northe
Daniel Andrews promised the people of Latrobe Valley that he had a jobs plan.
So far that jobs plan has seen a rise in unemployment of 3.4 per cent in Latrobe since he came to office.
The Andrews Government abolished the $15 million Latrobe Valley Industry and Infrastructure Fund (LVIIF) that supported more than 40 businesses and leveraged close to $100 million in investment, creating 1200 jobs in our community.
At a time when we need to be creating job opportunities in the Latrobe Valley, Daniel Andrews is all talk and no action.
Daniel Andrews is running a Melbourne- centric government that doesn’t care about regional Victorians.
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