Jobless rate down for sixth straight month but overall employment fell

The Australian Bureau of Statistics said unemployment declined to 5.5 per cent in April from an upwardly revised 5.7 per cent in March.

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has jumped on the latest labour force figures that show the unemployment rate has fallen for a sixth consecutive month to 5.5 per cent.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics revised up the jobless rate for March to 5.7 per cent from 5.6 per cent.

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