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Unemployment rate dips 0.4% to 5.8%: ABS

... nation's unemployment rate dipped 0.4 per cent from 6.2% in July 2003 to 5.8% in August 2003. The labour force participation rate has risen in that period from 63.4% to 63.5%. The total number of employed persons has risen by about 80,600 according to ...

Job advertisements rise 1.5% in August: ANZ job advertisement series

... prospects attract previously discouraged job-seekers back into the labour force, reversing the decline in the participation rate which appears to have occurred over the past six months." "However, employment growth would need to step up to over 30,000 ...

Unemployment rate rises marginally in July

... employment decreased by 700 to 6,757,900 and part-time employment decreased by 54,500 to 2,694,400. The labour force participation rate also decreased 0.4%, from 63.8% in June to 63.4% in July.

Unemployment rate drops to 6% in May: ABS

... May was 9,535,400, an increase of 29,000 jobs as compared to April's figure of 9,506,400. The labour force participation rate was the same for both months at 64%.

Australian unemployment rate fourth lowest in OECD: ABS

... 897,100 or 10.5% in 1992 to the current 6.7%. The data released today also revealed the average labour force participation rate has increased from 62.9% in 1992 to 63.7% in 2002. The number of people employed also rose from 7,660,000 to 9,334,400 for ...

Unemployment drops 0.1% to 6.1% in April 2003: ABS

... according to the employment statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The labour force participation rate dipped from 64.1% to 64%. In April, the total number of employed people in Australia was 9,506,400 while in March it was ...

Victoria, Queensland break rising unemployment trend: ABS

... revealed an increase in the unemployment rate from 6% in February 2003 to 6.2% in March 2003. The labour force participation rate also dropped from 64.4% in February 2003 to 64.1% in March 2003. The ABS also published the unemployment rates for each ...