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ACCI endorses RBA chief's comments on labour market reform

... past twenty years that have been crucial to the stability of the Australian economy and said that due to these, "The labour force looks a lot different today, with a considerably smaller proportion working for the Government and a smaller proportion ...

Unemployment rate drops to 6% in May: ABS

... number of employed in 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

... unemployment has fallen from 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 ...

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

... in April 2003, 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 ...

Victoria, Queensland break rising unemployment trend: ABS

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for Australia's labour force showed a decline of 42,800 in the number of unemployed persons from 9,563,500 in February 2003 to 9,520,7000 in March 2003. Full time employment decreased by 64,800 ...

Unemployment rate falls to 6% in February: ABS

... the apparent contradiction by not counting those unemployed people "not actively looking for work" as part of the labour force.

Job advertisements climb 3.2% in February: ANZ

... ABS appears to have been inflated, perhaps significantly, by the progressive introduction since November of a new labour force survey sample based on the 2001 census."