Deloitte Access Economics

More than 120,000 new workers will be needed in the national tourism industry over the next five years, according to Austrade and Deloitte.

A Deloitte Access Economics study indicates that Western Australia will have the highest growth in information and communications technology workers of any state over the second half of the decade, growing an average of 3.9 per cent per annum to a projected total of 60,605 ICT workers in 2020.

The latest numbers from Western Australia's listed gold miners show they remain under pressure from rising costs and a falling global gold price, with some local producers concerned that changes to the state's royalty system might erode margins beyond break-even.

Does it make sense for a gas producer to retain title over a gas field for 27 years without proceeding with development?

The search for growth industries beyond mining is a perennial topic of debate in Australia.