The state’s largest employer, the resource sector in Western Australia, has seen record numbers.
The Western Australian government released Wednesday’s review of petroleum and minerals, showing that the sector saw a 6 percent increase in employment to record levels of 157,000.
More than 157,000 people are employed in the resource industry.
This makes the sector one of the most important employers in the state, with approximately 56,000 more jobs than the public sector workforce for 2020-2021.
Rising demand for commodities like nickel, gold, copper, lithium and gas drove the increase in job numbers. They had combined sales of $231 Billion in 2021-22, surpassing the previous record of $211 Billion the year before.
The McGowan government partly blames Western Australia’s bustling resources sector for its state’s struggles to find workers. But Minister of Mines and Petroleum Bill Johnston stated that the numbers prove that the state is doing well.
“How anyone can turn strong hiring into a bad news story is far from me, it is unmistakably good news for all Western Australians that the mining industry, which is the staple of [the state’s] The economy continues to grow.
It shows that, even though the world economy is in trouble and we don’t know what the future holds, there is a strong base in Western Australia that can help us get through these tough times.
For the fourth consecutive year, goods sales have hit record levels.
Sales of $20 billion to $137 million in the fiscal year last year were due to a drop in average iron ore prices from record highs in 2020-21 and $138.2 2021-22.
Originally published at Brisbane News Station
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