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Scott Morrison claims JobKeeper must end as unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in February – NEWS.com.au
Scott Morrison claims JobKeeper must end as unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in February
Scott Morrison has declared Australia now has more jobs than it had before the COVID-19 pandemic in a remarkable economic fightback.The unemployment rate plunged from 6.4 per cent to 5.8 per cent in February, with the economy adding a further 88,700 jobs.
The result defied the expectations of economists, with many predicting the number of jobs would decline as companies prepared for the removal of the JobKeeper wage subsidy.
“There are more jobs in the Australian economy than there were before the…
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