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Unemployment at lowest level since 1977

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2004
... (4.7 per cent) and Tasmania (6.4 per cent). The improvement in employment was even more meritorious with the participation rate - the number of people actually in employment or looking for work - rising 0.1 percentage points to 63.7 per cent. Treasurer ...

ANZ Job Ads survey finds ads at three year high

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2004
... jobs growth numbers in four of the past months," Mr Eslake said. "Assuming no major changes in the work force participation rate, employment growth at this pace would be sufficient to bring the unemployment rate below 5.5 per cent - for the first time ...

Weak jobs data may mean delayed rate rise: economists

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2004
... unemployment rate was an adjusted 5.7% in August, steady with an unrevised 5.7% rate in July, and the workforce participation rate in August was 63.4%. The market had expected a rise of 25,000 in employment and an unemployment rate of 5.6%. BT Funds ...

Jobless rate rises to 5.7% in July - ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
... market expectations. The increase in the jobless rate was driven by rising numbers of jobseekers, with the participation rate - the proportion of people either working or looking for work - increasing 0.1 percentage points to 63.6%.

Aust unemployment rate 5.6% in June - ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
... the month. But a 43,100 fall in part-time jobs dragged overall employment down by 3,800, the ABS said. The participation rate, the proportion of people either working or looking for work, was steady at 63.5%.

Aust unemployment rate 5.6% in April - ABS

... million, adjusted. Of this, full time employment rose 43,400, and part time employment rose 12,800. The workforce participation rate in April was 63.9%. AAP

Unemployment rate 5.6% in March: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... million, adjusted. Of this, full time employment rose 39,200, and part time employment rose 27,800. The workforce participation rate in March was 63.7%.

Jobless rate rises to 5.9% in February: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
... overall employment rose by 1,300, the seventh monthly rise in a row, after a 14,400 surge in part-time jobs. The participation rate was steady at 63.5%. The ABS also released revised jobs figures for the last five years, given changes in population e ...

ANZ newspaper job ads rise 2.3% in Jan

... the unemployment rate at around 5.5 per cent - assuming (there was) no further increase in the labour force participation rate. "This would also mean that the government's December forecasts for employment growth and the unemployment rate would be comfortably ...

Unemployment rate 5.6% in December: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
... adjusted, was 0.5 of a percentage point lower than at the same time last year, the ABS said. The workforce participation rate, the number of people looking for work, increased slightly to 63.8% in December from 63.7% in November.