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State’s unemployment eases but women hit by major job losses
Thursday February 18, 2021
Queensland’s unemployment rate has dropped to 7 per cent as a huge swag of fulltime jobs were created in the past month, mostly for men.
Heron Island.
The national unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 6.4 per cent.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed that a net 9000 fulltime jobs were created in January in Queensland, but this was offset by a dramatic slump in the labour force as people opted out of the search for jobs. There was also a significant 8000 part time jobs lost.
But in net terms, the number of unemployed people…
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