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‘A bit artificial’: Shock unemployment figure exposes cracks in Australia’s migration-fuelled NDIS jobs boom
Sky-high numbers of immigrants have been “absorbed” into taxpayer-funded industries like the NDIS in recent years in an ...
Treasurer Jim Chalmers under fire for blaming unemployment increase on Donald Trump's tariff policies
Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brien has criticised Labor for using Donald Trump's tariff policies as an excuse for unemployment, ...
Unemployment to rise further, Chalmers says, as Trump 'volatility' weighs on employers
The treasurer says the rise in Australia's unemployment rate, bringing it to the highest level in almost four years, is ...
Employment rises by 2,000 but jobless rate jumps, sending Aussie dollar plunging
The Australian dollar has slumped and the money markets are calling a 98 per cent chance of a rate cut after new data ...
Unemployment at four-year high heaps pressure on RBA to ‘not make same mistake twice’
An unexpected increase in the jobless rate has put the spotlight back on the Reserve Bank after its recent decision to hold ...
Unemployment rate spike builds pressure on RBA to cut again
The Reserve Bank won’t exactly be cheering, but the unexpected rise in Australia’s unemployment rate to a 43-month high of ...
Australia's jobless rate hits 3-1/2-year high, ramps up easing bets for August
Australian employment rose only marginally in June as the jobless rate jumped to the highest since late 2021, showing perhaps ...