Society - SEP2024

06SEP24 - Perth's Accounting & Legal Workforce Stats - AUG 24

LAWYERS IN PERTH (AUG2024)
In Perth, the number of legal professionals is 1858 – only 170 are open to work.
This is a 5% increase since August 2023 (a year ago).
The breakdown is as follows:
-1,203 Lawyers
-285 Special Counsel
-189 Senior Lawyers
-68 Corporate Lawyer
-24 Managing Counsel
Over the last year, there have been 754 job changes within legal talent.
1.8 years median tenure
50 job ads are currently open
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ACCOUNTANTS IN PERTH (AUG2024)
In Perth, the number of accounting professionals is 6,254; 1,200 open to work.
0.8% decrease in the accounting professionals since August 2023.
The breakdown is as follows:
- 3,289 Accountants
- 668 Assistant Accountants
- 592 Senior Accountants
- 515 Tax Accountants
- 241 Graduate Accountants
Over the last year, there have been 754 job changes within accountants.
Currently, there are 75 open job positions.
The median tenure stands at 1.5 years.
Has been a 5% increase in graduate accountants since 2023 – number currently stands at 241 professionals.

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05SEP24 - Demographic Changes...

Interesting forecast from demographer Bernard Salt

○ Indian population, which has increased by 43 per cent in five years, will soon be Australia’s largest migrant group.

○ By about 2028, the Indian population will be the largest non-Australian-born population residing in Australia for the first time in around 250 years,” Salt adds.

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03SEP24 - 3 Sep - Australian Flag Day - 1901

As we celebrate the launch of the Australian Flag today, may we unite as a nation under it, overcome our differences, and heal from past wounds.

Only then can we move forward together.

The Prime Minister of Australia, Sir Edmund Barton, announced that five entrants, who had submitted similar designs, were to share the honour of being declared the designers of Australia’s own flag.
They were:
• Ivor Evans, a fourteen-year-old schoolboy from Melbourne;
• Leslie John Hawkins, a teenager apprenticed to a Sydney optician;
• Egbert John Nuttall, a Melbourne architect;
• Annie Dorrington, an artist from Perth; and
• William Stevens, a ship’s officer from Auckland, New Zealand.
The Commonwealth Government and the Review of Reviews for Australasia provided ₤75 each and the Havelock Tobacco Company added ₤50 to this making a total of ₤200 prize money, a considerable amount at the time. The five winners received ₤40 each.
Source:https://www.anfa-national.org.au/history-of-our-flag/anf-detailed-history/