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Latest job figures show Australia’s unemployment rate has risen to 7.5 per cent and Employment Minister Michaelia Cash warns the situation is going to get worse before it gets better.

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Latest job figures show Australia’s unemployment rate has risen to 7.5 per cent and Employment Minister Michaelia Cash warns the situation is going to get worse before it gets better.

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