VICTORIAN Premier Ted Baillieu has welcomed the addition of 7000 new jobs as good news amid gloom over Qantas' job cuts in the state.
The Qantas move to axe 250 jobs at Avalon in coming months was in line with the airline's previous announcements but still disappointing, Mr Baillieu said.
There was positive news, however, as the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed on Thursday the state's jobless rate had fallen from 5.6 per cent to 5.4 per cent in October.
"It is clear that Qantas' maintenance needs are changing. With new aircraft, new technology, there is less maintenance needed, so that work doesn't exist in the longer term," Mr Baillieu told reporters in Melbourne.
"We're disappointed, obviously, for the families and the workers, in particular at Avalon, whose jobs will not exist after these next few months.
"But on the other hand, more than 7000 additional jobs generated in Victoria over the last month - that's a positive."
Mr Baillieu said he had spoken with Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce and would work with the airline, workers and unions to assist with the transition.
He said the government worked hard with the airline to retain facilities at Avalon, but there was nothing more that could have been done.
Qantas would offer some positions to those who were prepared to move interstate and had generous redundancy packages, said Mr Baillieu.
State opposition employment spokesman Tim Pallas said the Qantas job cuts came despite the premier's assurance he would protect Victorian jobs from going interstate.
"If Ted Baillieu was serious about saving these 263 jobs, his government would have supported investment in new hangar facilities here in Victoria," Mr Pallas said in a statement.
He said the number of unemployed Victorians had climbed by 18,000 since Mr Baillieu took office.
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