The struggle is real for thousands of Queenslanders, as the latest unemployment figures revealed the state is going backwards under the Labor Palaszczuk Government.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the data today, which show Queensland is among the worst in the nation.
The unemployment rate for December 2018 remained at 6.2%, which is 0.2% higher than the same time 12 months ago.
The ABS said Queensland has flatlined at 6.2% for the past nine months and has the second highest unemployment rate, just shy of Western Australia.
Queensland’s female unemployment is even worse, with a jump from 5.8% to 6.3% in a year.
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington said Labor has lost control of the Queensland economy.
“Since the last election, trend unemployment has gone up 0.3 per cent, and 9,400 Queenslanders have been added to the unemployment queue,” Ms Frecklington said.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk keeps promising to get the unemployment rate below 6% but has failed time and time again.
“Labor doesn’t have an economic plan and now its overseen a shocking unemployment trend.
“While Australia’s unemployment rate has plummeted to 5 per cent, Queenslanders looking for work are doing it extremely tough under Labor.
“Queenslanders have been slugged five new taxes, confidence is dwindling and a lack of investment by Annastacia Palaszczuk is having a negative effect for our economy.”
The ABS also showed the number of underemployed Queenslanders wanting more hours has increased by 1,937 to 239,320.
Source:http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/6202.0Dec%202018?OpenDocument
