Unemployment edges up to 5.6 per cent despite more jobs created

Australia's unemployment rate has ticked up to 5.6 per cent despite another 18,000 new jobs being created in February. The increase in the employment numbers was focused on full-time work, where the number of full-time jobs increased by 64,900, while part-time job numbers fell by 47,500. Job numbers have now grown for a record 17 consecutive months according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data.