Low strike rate, booming economy and more jobs
Low strike rate
Booming economy
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Full steam ahead to protect Queensland
Low strike rate
Queensland's industrial relations system ensures the state continues to experience an historically low level of industrial disputation, with the average quarterly strike rate for the year to December 2006 at 1.1, compared to the Australian average of 3.7.
Average quarterly working days lost per 1,000 employees for the year to December 2006.
| New South Wales | 4.2 |
| Victoria | 7.1 |
| Queensland | 1.1 |
| South Australia | 1.0 |
| Western Australia | 1.3 |
| Tasmania | 1.3 |
| Northern Territory | 1.8 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 7.3 |
| Australia | 3.7 |
Source: ABS, Industrial Disputes, Australia (Cat no. 6321.0.55.001)
Booming economy
Queensland's industrial relations system has been a key factor underpinning the State's continuing strong economic performance. Its principles of fairness and equity have helped build a prosperous economy because workers perform better if they are treated fairly at work and their job, wages and conditions of employment are not under threat.
In 2005-06 Queensland 's economic growth rate was 4.4 per cent – 76 per cent higher than the rest of Australia (2.5 per cent).
Source: ABS, Australian National Accounts, State Accounts (Cat no. 5220.0)More jobs
The Queensland industrial relations system provides certainty for all workers and special protection for apprentices or trainees, which have helped to attract workers to the state and have allowed businesses the freedom to grow.
Queensland’s trend annual jobs growth in the year to January 2007 was 5.5 per cent – 2.5 times the growth rate in the Rest of Australia (2.2 per cent).
In fact, Queensland’s jobs growth has been a longstanding phenomenon: since January 2002, this state has significantly outperformed the other States in jobs growth – having an average annual growth rate (3.9 per cent) double that of the Rest of Australia (1.9 per cent).Full steam ahead to protect Queensland workers, business, economy
Ministerial media statement from Premier Peter Beattie and the then Minister for Industrial Relations Tom Barton announcing plans to introduce new industrial relations laws to protect Queensland workers, business success and economic growth.
Last updated 22 July 2009
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