🎯 Learning Goals:

Define unemployment and identify types

Explain the causes of unemployment

Understand how unemployment is measured in Australia

🔁 Complete all sections before our in-class activity.

💡 Example: A coal miner loses their job because of the transition to renewable energy.

❓What’s a job you think might be at risk in the future?

Example: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses reduced operations or closed, leading to widespread job losses across various sectors

Example: A factory worker loses their job because the manufacturing process has become automated, and they lack the skills needed for the new technology-driven roles.​

Example: A ski instructor is unemployed during the summer months when there is no demand for skiing lessons

Example: A recent university graduate is actively seeking their first job after completing their studies

Example: A person has stopped looking for work after months of unsuccessful job applications but would accept a job if offered one

https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/labour-force-australia/latest-release

Your task:

Click the link and find the current unemployment rate.

Is unemployment rising or falling?

Which age group has the highest unemployment?

Post one interesting fact in the comments.

✅ Respond with 2–3 sentences.

3 Quick Questions:

What are the 5 types of unemployment?

Name one current cause of unemployment in Australia.

What’s one fact you found interesting from the ABS data?