Unemployment rate improves in July, falling to 4.2 per cent as full-time jobs surge

Australia’s unemployment rate improved in July, edging lower to 4.2 per cent from 4.3 per cent in June, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Statistics.

Employment increased by nearly 25,000 people, driven by 60,000 full-time jobs, and the number of unemployed people also fell in…