A report released on Wednesday by economist Conrad Liveris, Growth and change Australian jobs in 2018, highlights casualisation and insecure work as persistent issues in the labour market.

According to the report, which captures Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, growth in part time work has outstripped the growth in full time work.

Full time work grew by 4.62 per cent between 2015 and 2018, whereas part time work over the same period grew by 9.30 per cent.   

The report also highlights that casualisation is a significant issue for younger workers, with more than seven in every 10 jobs going to people aged under 35 over the past year being part time. For those under 25, more than nine in every 10 people are working part time.   

This report comes at the same time as the ABS released new figures as part of the first quarterly Australian Labour Account, which shows that there has been a growing incidence of workers having to work more than one job.

The number of people with two jobs increased from 779,000 in 2010 to 891,000 in September 2017.

The main industries with the highest number of secondary jobs are administrative and support services, health care, social assistance and accommodation and food services – some of the lowest paid industries in Australia.

While Malcolm Turnbull may try to boast about jobs figures, the truth is the facts are more complicated.

Under Malcolm Turnbull and his Liberals, Australians are suffering with insecure work, stagnant wages growth and skyrocketing cost of living pressures.

Turnbull and his Liberals are too out of touch to acknowledge these challenges, let alone come up with any policy initiatives to deal with them.

Instead they support cuts to wages through slashing penalty rates, argue against increasing the minimum wage, and advocate for a $17 billion tax handout to the banks.