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The information hosted here may not be up to date. Some current information is still being published on this site, but will be migrated into the new DEEWR site in the coming months.

Please visit www.deewr.gov.au if you cannot locate the information you require here.

This web site was managed by the former Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) and provided information about the department's programs. Further general information on the department was also available at the www.dewr.gov.au website.

With the creation of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations www.deewr.gov.au, a new website was launched on 6 December 2008 (www.deewr.gov.au) which was the first step in creating a single publishing and access point for portfolio information.

Current News

13 January 2010

Latest (January 2010) DEEWR Leading Indicator of Employment

This monthly Indicator anticipates movements in the growth cycle of employment. It does this through the use of a composite index of four weighted series (ANZ Newspaper Job Advertisements, Dun and Bradstreet Employment Expectations, the Westpac Melbourne Institute Leading Indicator of Economic Activity and the Consumer Sentiment Index) statistically ascertained to lead employment growth over the last two decades.

The results for January 2010 are available on the Monthly Leading Indicator.

14 December 2009

National Green Jobs Corps Forum

Parliamentary Secretary for Employment, Jason Clare MP met with National Green Jobs Corps providers at a Forum in Sydney on Tuesday 8 December 2009.

9 December 2009

Disability Employment Services 2010-2012

Senator the Hon Mark Arbib has announced the results of the Disability Employment Services Request for Tender & Invitation to Treat.

10 November 2009

Disability Employment Services Program B Invitation to Treat - Stage 2

This Invitation to Treat was released on 27 October 2009 and closed on Tuesday 10 November 2009.

6 November 2009

Release of Small Area Labour Markets - March quarter 2009

Small Area Labour Markets for the March quarter 2009 was released on 6 November 2009. The publication presents estimates of the number of unemployed persons and unemployment rates for approximately 1400 Statistical Local Areas across Australia.