Annual employment growth rates over the period 1995-1997 fell significantly in all Shires except Boonah where the growth rate increased from 1.42% ('96) to a predicted 2.89% ('97).

While the number of Fairfield students undertaking vocational education is lower than those not, the unemployment rate for voc-ed students is significantly lower (27.3%) than students not taking voc-ed courses (34.4%).
 

Beaudesert Shire Industry & Labour Market Database
Commonwealth Government-funded industry, labour market and input/output database and ongoing support post-project.

Ipswich City Council Global Info-Links Project
Commonwealth Government-funded research into labour market-related issues such as regional constraints to employment, the statistical link between home-based computers and employment of offspring in selected household types, and the documentation of computer resources in local schools. (See Reports)

GAPDL Industry & Labour Market Database
Commonwealth Government-funded industry, labour market and input/output database to assist the Gladstone Area Promotion & Development Limited to meet its economic and tourism development objectives and to identify employment opportunities for regional job seekers in Gladstone, Miriam Vale and Calliope.

WESROC Industry and Labour Market Database
Commonwealth Government-funded industry, labour market and input/output database to promote business and employment growth in the Shires of Esk, Laidley, Gatton and Boonah. (See Reports)

Flinders Shire Council
Research for a funding application to the Commonwealth Government relating to the issues surrounding major weed infestation (prickly acacia), alternative land use and related employment opportunities in North West Queensland (Hughenden, Charters Towers, Cloncurry).

Employment Opportunities for ATSI in Rockhampton Region
This project was commissioned by the Minister for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, Robert Tickner, to research employment opportunities for ATSI in Rockhampton region.

Fairfield Industry and Labour Market Database (FILM)
Employed as Project Offier, Economic Development for Fairfield City Council, Sydney to establish the largest local government area web-based industry database in Australia.

Career Links Project
In conjunction with the FILM project, the Career Links project was funded by the Commonwealth Government to identify work placements, work experience and employment for students. The project initially identified over 700 businesses offering over 3,000 places (all types). This response represented over ten per cent of all businesses recorded in the database, and demonstrated the effectiveness of a whole-of-community approach to address local issues.
(See Reports)

Small Business Training Programs for NESB Businesses
This rolling project identified non-english speaking business proprietors of Vietnames, Chinese, Cambodian and other origin to participate in Cert 2 to Cert 4 Small Business Training programs underwritten by the NSW Department of Education & Training. The project was a major success, introducing compliance to nesb businesses, developing trust with local and State Government officers and providing participants with, in most cases, their first formal education qualification..

Tamworth Regional Development Corporation Limited
Contracted as Chief Executive Officer to develop and implement strategic plan for the newly-amalgamated Tamworth Regional Council area. The strategic plan included the construction of a web-based industry database, business and family migration and business support. (See Reports)