Australia records its lowest unemployment rate in decades

Australia's unemployment rate continues to fall, down to 3.4 per cent for the month of July - the lowest figure recorded since August 1974.

Australia records its lowest unemployment rate in decades Credit: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images

But the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics is a mixed bag, with hours worked also down, wages failing to grow, and the gender pay gap widening.

Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature written by Claire Slattery.

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