Unemployment up only slightly - but it's early days yet

The Federal Government has conceded the unemployment rate will get far worse in coming months as the COVID-19 restrictions bite.

A queue outside the Centrelink office in Norwood, Adelaide Source: AAP

The unemployment rate for March is 5.2 per cent - up slightly from February's 5.1 per cent.

But, the data was collected before the massive job market upheaval of recent weeks.