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where are these job losses Kathryn?

Everyone I deal with and/or know aren't hiring. They are either laying off, or have done and are going it without as many staff - all industries. As was said; a fair amount of casual and part-time activity, but not much else. Builders as a whole are down on work. The paint shop here in our...

It staggers me how they come up with these figures. In Victoria in the last 2 years, there have been a large number of closures of businesses and many redundancies. The building industry has been hit quite hard across the board, r/e is down so you know many agents have been shed from the crop...

Every time I mention times are bad I get poo-hooed. There's always someone who's in a place that's motoring along nicely, oblivious to the wider fabric, ready to jump in with "whaddyatorkinabowd, idiot"'. :rolleyes:

That figure is derived from what? It'd be interesting to see what the levels of stock have been compared to previous years, and what the average time on the market for houses is sitting at.

I've been saying it for months (over a year actually) that we are in an recession. We, being everyone who is not directly related to the mining industry. I've been hearing from my customers - mostly yer everyday Aussie working families, retirees and tradies, and other folk I know who re in...