Australia's health and social assistance sector is Australia's biggest employer, accounting for 14% of Australia's jobs.
Largest companies in the world based on revenues, by number of employees 2022. Walmart had about 2.3 million employees in 2022, the highest of all companies worldwide that year.
WA is home to 70 per cent of Australia's mammals and 25 species are only found in the west. The Aussie Big Five includes smiling quokkas, endangered whale sharks, playful humpbacks, surging orcas and iconic kangaroos. Here's how to find our must-see creatures.
With 600 billion U.S. dollars in revenue, Walmart topped the ranking of the hundred largest companies globally, followed by the Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco. Walmart was also the largest company in the world based on its number of employees, with some 2.3 million all over the world.
Strict border controls for two years and an exodus of holiday workers and foreign students have left corporate Australia struggling to fill jobs and keep their businesses going.
No company in the world has more employees than Walmart. The latest information from the U.S. retail giant put the figure at a massive 2.30 million. Not even the behemoth that is Amazon comes close, despite being in second place with a 1.61 million-strong workforce.
Individuals income tax. Individuals' income tax is the single most important source of government revenue. Since the mid 1970s it has consistently raised around half of the Australian Government's tax receipts and continues to be a stable and predictable source of revenue.
Australia is one of the world's leading producers of bauxite (aluminium ore), iron ore, lithium, gold, lead, diamond, rare earth elements, uranium, and zinc. Australia also has large mineral sand deposits of ilmenite, zircon and rutile.
Western Australia ranked first on relative economic growth. Tasmania ranked second on equipment investment and housing finance.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
It is the largest of the banks in Australia and offers a diversified range of financial products and services. It currently provides retail, business, institutional banking, and wealth management products and services to its 16.6 million customers.
The term “Big Five” originally referred to the difficulty in hunting the lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and African buffalo. These five large African mammal species were known to be dangerous and it was considered a feat by trophy hunters to bring them home.
1955: Big 5 is founded operating as "Big 5 Stores", under the original corporate name United Merchandising Corp.
Apple Inc.
Topping the list of the most admired companies in the world for Fortune is Apple Inc.