Australia maintains world class employment rateNew data released from the ABS paints a very positive picture for Australia: last month the national unemployment rate fell to 5.1 per cent, with more than 53,000 full time jobs created.
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Crunching the unemployment data
Possum Comitatus charts the latest ABS Labour Force Survey, with a state-by-state, gender and age breakdown of the data.
There’s good news and also good news on jobs
There’s mixed — but mostly good — news in today’s unemployment data. Unemployment remained steady in trend terms, but underemployment is up across most age groups, and there was a small fall in hours worked.
SackWatch: new Crikey list
Australia clearly isn’t immune from the global depression, so Crikey thought it was about time to assess the jobs carnage unfolding on the home front.
Why John Howard never made the cover of Euromoney
John Howard’s old boss, Malcolm Fraser, has rejected claims he stopped his treasurer from coming forward with reform proposals.
