{"id":17,"date":"2018-09-20T02:39:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T15:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nesa-annualreport2018.sheky\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2022-02-01T09:18:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:18:24","slug":"vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;image&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;vcpb-default&#8221; bg_image_new=&#8221;id^2738|url^https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/J000606_NESA-National-Conference-2021-UI-vision-hero.jpeg|caption^null|alt^null|title^J000606_NESA-National-Conference-2021-UI-vision-hero|description^null&#8221; bg_image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; bg_image_posiiton=&#8221;70% 100%&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e511906d564\" 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el_class=&#8221;padding-bottom-extra-large&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"nesa-hero-title text-orange\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Employment Matters<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"nesa-hero-sub-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Opportunity For Everyone Through Employment And Inclusion<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/YEtdTS8GLVs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;image&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;vcpb-default&#8221; bg_image_new=&#8221;id^2739|url^https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/J000606_NESA-National-Conference-2021-UI-vision-section-break1-x1920.jpeg|caption^null|alt^null|title^J000606_NESA-National-Conference-2021-UI-vision-section-break1-x1920|description^null&#8221; bg_image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; bg_image_posiiton=&#8221;70% 70%&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e511906d5d9\" data-id=\"69e511906d5d9\" data-height=\"100\" data-height-mobile=\"25\" data-height-tab=\"100\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"75\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"50\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3109&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<div id=\"modal-trg-txt-wrap-4987\" class=\"ult-modal-input-wrapper ult-adjust-bottom-margin    \" data-keypress-control=\"keypress-control-enable\" data-overlay-control=\"overlay-control-enable\"><button  data-ultimate-target='#modal-trg-txt-wrap-4987 .btn-modal'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#FFFFFF; \" data-class-id=\"content-69e511906d62b7-89840463\" class=\"btn-modal ult-responsive btn-primary btn-modal-lg overlay-show ult-align-center btn-id-69e511906d62b7-89840463\" data-overlay-class=\"overlay-fade\">LABOUR MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES UPDATE<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"ult-overlay content-69e511906d62b7-89840463 \" data-class=\"content-69e511906d62b7-89840463\" id=\"button-click-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.95); display:none;\">\n\t<div class=\"ult_modal ult-fade ult-medium\">\n\t<div class=\"ult-overlay-close popup-top-right\" style=\"width:40px;height:40px; background-color: #cecece;border-radius: 50%;padding:15px;box-sizing: content-box; \"><div class=\"ult-overlay-close-inside\">Close<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"ult-modal-wrap-5197\" class=\"ult_modal-content ult-hide\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:2px;border-radius:0px;border-color:#333333;\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-ultimate-target='#ult-modal-wrap-5197 .ult_modal-body'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"ult_modal-body ult-responsive ult-html\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Labour Market and Employment Services Update<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The labour market and employment services caseloads are continuing to follow the COVID-19 pathway.\u00a0 Just about every graph that we look at reflects the COVID-19 experience:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2957 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.18.52-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"902\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.18.52-am.png 902w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.18.52-am-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.18.52-am-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.18.52-am-848x365.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Regardless of what a graph shows, we tend to see COVID-19 phases: the initial and significant \u2018shock\u2019, a slow readjustment and trend back towards \u2018normal\u2019, and then a \u2018second wave\u2019 accompanied by prolonged lockdown to major economic areas.<\/p>\n<p>The graph on the left is typical of most indicators of <em>unemployment<\/em> related activity \u2013 unemployment, underemployment and underutilisation.\u00a0 The graph on the right tends to be representative of most measures of <em>employment<\/em> activity, such as jobs, number of people employed, and hours worked.<\/p>\n<p>In looking at employment and unemployment measures we can perhaps identify a few phases of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s the initial impact during the first months of 2020 as economic activity and employment falls.\u00a0 Unemployment, underemployment and underutilisation rates rise dramatically.\u00a0 This tends to be followed by a \u2018new normal\u2019, as the economy adapts to COVID-19 and we adjust to new ways of doing things.\u00a0 Many of us work from home.\u00a0 We \u2018click and collect\u2019 and have our purchases delivered.\u00a0 As regions emerge from initial lockdowns, businesses re-open with new COVID-19 restrictions and safety plans.\u00a0 The employment indicators that should point upwards start pointing upwards, and unemployment tends to reduce.\u00a0 But we know that this is not the end of the story.\u00a0 \u00a0The indicators swing into reverse once again as the COVID-19 Delta variant drives Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT into extended lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Our employment services caseloads have followed the same path \u2013 an initial shock where caseloads rise rapidly in response to growing unemployment is followed by a slower trend back towards pre-COVID figures, before caseloads rise again in 2021 as many significant labour markets return to prolonged lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>As we reflect on the 2020-21 reporting period, it is necessary to include some of the labour market and caseload data on either side of this time period to observe the trends between the first and second wave of COVID-19.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Let\u2019s now look at some of the data around employment and caseloads.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em>Employment<\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2949 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.02-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.02-am.png 852w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.02-am-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.02-am-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.02-am-848x531.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/>Source ABS<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is very much the COVID-19 story: a decade of employment growth peaking at 13 million employed persons in March 2020 and falling to just over 12 million just two months later.\u00a0 \u00a0The gradual recovery saw the number of employed persons rise to an all-time high of 13.1 million in June 2021 before the \u2018second wave\u2019 of lockdown resulted in the number of employed persons dropping to 12.8 million in September 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2950 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.11-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.11-am.png 862w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.11-am-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.11-am-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.11-am-848x488.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/>Source ABS<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like overall employment trends, hours worked peaked at 1,784 hours in November 2019 before falling to 1,596 million in April 2020.\u00a0 Consistent with the trend in employment, hours worked rose to 1, 816 million hours in May 2021 before falling to 1,714 million hours in August 2021.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Participation<\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2951 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.20-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"934\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.20-am.png 934w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.20-am-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.20-am-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.20-am-848x545.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/>Source ABS<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Participation Rate, which over a long period has tended to stay close to 65%, fell to 62.6% in May 2020 before returning to 66.3% by March 2021.\u00a0 The second wave of COVID-19 saw the Participation Rate fall to 64.5% in September 2021.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Unemployment<\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2949 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.02-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.02-am.png 852w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.02-am-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.02-am-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.02-am-848x531.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/>Source ABS<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now we see the inverse graphs.\u00a0 The unemployment rate rose from 5% in December 2019 to peak at 7.4% in July 2020.\u00a0 It fell to 4.5% in August 2021 before edging up to 4.6% in September 2021.\u00a0 The Reserve Bank of Australia predicts unemployment to fall to 4% by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2953 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.37-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1002\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.37-am.png 1002w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.37-am-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.37-am-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.37-am-848x552.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Source ABS<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Underemployment measures combine those who work part-time but seek more hours, <em>and<\/em> those who are considered as full-time employees but are not currently working full-time hours, whereas <em>underutilisation<\/em> measures spare capacity within employed and unemployed persons.\u00a0 The underemployment rate fell to 7.4% in May 2021 before rising again during the \u2018second wave\u2019, reaching 9.3% in August 2021.\u00a0 Changes to underemployment tend to precede changes to the number of employed persons.<\/p>\n<h3>The jobactive Caseload and Online Employment Services<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2954 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.43-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.43-am.png 876w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.43-am-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.43-am-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.43-am-848x430.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/>Source LMIP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A significant consequence of COVID-19 was an acceleration of referral to Online Employment Services, which ceased being a \u2018trial\u2019 in April 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2019 the number of participants in jobactive and Online Employment Services Trial totalled 606,286 and 7,085 respectively.\u00a0 By 30 June 2020 there were over 1.4 million participants in these services, including approximately 400,000 in Online Employment Services.<\/p>\n<p>Post 30 June 2021, the services had 882,237 participants in September 2021, including 183,000 people in Online Employment Services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2955 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.50-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.50-am.png 874w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.50-am-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.50-am-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.19.50-am-848x376.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/>Source LMIP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The initial impact of COVID-19 is evident in the August 2020 figures: approximately 1 million participants have been unemployed for under 12 months.<\/p>\n<p><em>So what might the year ahead look like post 30 June 2021?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In its <em><u>Statement on Monetary Policy \u2013 August 2021<\/u><\/em>, the Reserve Bank of Australia says:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRecent outbreaks of the Delta variant across Australia, and the resulting lockdowns, have introduced a high degree of uncertainty to the outlook for the second half of this year. Activity will contract in the September quarter and some job losses are expected. Towards the end of this year, the economy is forecast to rebound from this setback as restrictions ease, as it has from previous lockdowns\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u00a0\u2026the unemployment rate is forecast to decline steadily to around 4\u00a0per\u00a0cent by the end of 2023. With considerable spare capacity likely to be absorbed by this time, wages growth and inflation is forecast to gradually pick up, with inflation forecast to be a little above 2\u00a0per\u00a0cent by the end of 2023.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Deloitte Access Economics <u>Business Outlook, October 2021<\/u><\/p>\n<p>With the message of \u2018recovery delayed, not derailed\u2019, Deloitte gives us a snapshot of what recovery might look like in the next two years:<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2956 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.20.00-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.20.00-am.png 860w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.20.00-am-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.20.00-am-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/annualreport.nesa.com.au\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/COVID-19-Labour-Market-and-Employment-Analysis-2022-01-05-at-2.20.00-am-848x594.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e511906d67c\" data-id=\"69e511906d67c\" data-height=\"100\" data-height-mobile=\"25\" data-height-tab=\"100\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"75\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"50\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;image&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;vcpb-default&#8221; bg_image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; bg_image_posiiton=&#8221;0% 100%&#8221; el_class=&#8221;padding-top-extra-large padding-bottom-extra-large&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1543149216800{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;nesa-vc-bg-position-top&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2842&#8243; img_size=&#8221;&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1641077483266{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"nesa-hero-sub-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Highlights from the Year in Review<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"text-tan-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NESA delivers its vision through Voice and Support<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Achievements in 2020-2021 that strongly supported improved business arrangements for NESA members:<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"aio-icon-component   visible-xs style_1\"><div id=\"Info-box-wrap-1455\" class=\"aio-icon-box default-icon\" style=\"\"  ><div class=\"aio-icon-default\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon circle \"  style=\"color:#ffffff;background:#dddcd5;font-size:28px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"Defaults-hand-o-up\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"aio-icon-header\" ><h3 class=\"aio-icon-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-box-wrap-1455 .aio-icon-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\">Tap tiles to reveal more<\/h3><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div> <!-- aio-icon-box --><\/div> <!-- aio-icon-component -->[vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; 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