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Another Aussie jobs surprise

BY BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016 9:26AM

Though question remains about the reliability of the ABS' labour market data, the improvement is consistent with the "Job Vacancies" report the National Statistician released a day earlier.

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