Australian Economy

Australia’s bedpan economy revealed

Leith van Onselen
Friday 7 August 2020
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One of the biggest changes witnessed across the Australian labour market has been the strong growth of jobs in the Healthcare & Social Assistance sector, which expanded by a whopping 640,000 jobs since the Global Financial Crisis:

Increasing its share of Australian jobs from around 10% to more than 14%:

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Seek has released a new report looking at trends in the healthcare sector, which shows that Aged & Disability Support services has experienced the strongest jobs growth in response to the NDIS:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.