Demand for workers remained strong through the first quarter of 2011, defying floods, fire, storms and a surging dollar.
The total number of job advertisements in newspapers and on the internet rose 1.3% in seasonally adjusted terms in Mar from Feb, ANZ Bank, which compiles the data, said. Job ads over the first quarter were up 5.4% from the prior quarter.
Despite the worst flooding on record in Queensland in Jan and a category-five storm in February, the northern state, famous for its tourism and mining, saw job ads drop 2.9% in Mar, after a 32.6% rise in Feb.