Throughout 2019, MB warned that Australia’s construction industry was facing heavy job losses.
The main driver of this projected fall in construction jobs was dwelling construction, which fell by 12.8% in the 2019 calendar year:
On Friday, the ABS released quarterly employment data by industry, which showed that construction jobs instead hit a fresh all-time high, with 1,191,000 Australians employed in construction over the February quarter, accounting for 9.1% of all jobs:
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