The November quarter employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals that spending on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) continues to fuel jobs growth in the Health care and social assistance industry.
In the year to September 2019, growth in Government Final Consumption Expenditure (GFCE) surged by 6.0% – the highest since 1985 – driven by the ramp-up of the $22 billion a year NDIS:
Accordingly, the number of jobs in the Health care and social assistance industry surged another 28,100 over the November quarter, as well as by 80,700 year-on-year:
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