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Unemployment falls, but underemployment at record levels

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There was good and bad news in the latest official employment figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Image: A bicycle courier in a Sydney storm (AAP)


The unemployment rate fell 0.2 of a per cent to 5.5 per cent last month, (May) with more than 42,000 jobs created. But underemployment remains near record highs.


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