Jobless rate down as fewer look for work
LABOUR FORCE DATA FOR AUGUST:
* Unemployment rate - 4.5 per cent versus 4.6 per cent in July
* Underemployment rate (employed people seeking additional work) - 9.3 per cent versus 8.3 per cent
* Employment fell 146,300
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READ NOW* Full-time positions fell 68,000
* Part-time employment fell 78,200
* Participation rate (people working or looking for work): 65.2 per cent versus 66 per cent
* Monthly hours worked in all jobs fell 3.7 per cent
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES:
NSW - 4.9 per cent in July versus 4.5 per cent in July
VIC - 4.1 per cent versus 4.4 per cent
QLD - 5.3 per cent versus 5.2 per cent
SA - 5.0 per cent versus 4.7 per cent
WA - unchanged at 4.6 per cent
TAS - 5.5 per cent versus 4.6 per cent
NT - 3.4 per cent versus 4.5 per cent
ACT - 3.5 per cent versus 4.2 per cent
(Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)
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