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Officially, Australias unemployment rate is less than 6 per cent.


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By Wolfgang Müller

Source: SBS



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Officially, Australias unemployment rate is less than 6 per cent.


Thats a good figure compared to other industrialised nations but job market expert Georg Hirschi warns, that it masks the rise in long-term unemployment and a breakdown in social cohesion.

 


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