New South Wales

Population	7,915,000
Unemployment rate (%)	4.9
Employment	3,991,000
Employment Growth (%)	3.2
Gross State Product ($bn)	577
Gross State Product Growth (2016-17)	2.9

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What a Jobs Summit ‘win’ would look like

15 August 2022

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was first published in The Australian Financial Review on Monday 15 August 2022 The Jobs and Skills Summit is an...

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Business is not profiting at the expense of workers’ wages

8 August 2022

This opinion article by Business Council chief economist Stephen Walters was first published in The Australian Financial Review on Monday 8 August 2022 Who benefits most from a growing economy,...

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Australia must face monumental productivity challenge

3 August 2022

The Productivity Commission’s interim report confirms that the productivity growth that drives real wages is languishing at 60-year lows, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said. “This challenge is monumental...