Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor says Camden’s 1.5 percent unemployment rate is unheard of.
“The latest unemployment figures for this region are telling us unemployment in the Camden area is down to 1.5 percent, which is a record low – we can’t possibly find unemployment at that level ever before, which is fantastic for the region,’’ he said at a doorstop interview yesterday.
And the news keeps getting better, with more and more jobs rolling into Camden and Macarthur.
Mr Taylor gave as an example a new restaurant opening in Camden later this month which will be employing 30 people.
Speaking after he met Sydneysider’s staff and general manager Kaitlyn Daley, he said: “This is just a fantastic example of the new businesses springing up in this region.
“We’ve got businesses starting up across this region right now at a pace we’ve never seen before.
“There are lots of new jobs being created here.
[social_quote duplicate=”no” align=”default”]“Our challenge now is to make sure we have enough people coming into the area to fill all those job spots we have,’’ Mr Taylor said.[/social_quote]
According to the new figures, in the past 12 months Camden’s unemployment had fallen from 2.2 percent to 1.5 percent.
Across the entire Camden local government area, unemployment has fallen from 2.7 percent to 2 percent in the past 12 months.
Mr Taylor said the right policy settings were in place, with the Australian economy creating on average more than 800 new jobs per day over the past 12 months.
“Full-time employment has increased strongly. Female employment has increased. While the labour force figures can jump around from month to month, the results over the past year continue to reflect a strong labour market.”
Mr Taylor said there was still more work to be done in parts of Hume where employment opportunities were not as readily available.
