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Opinion
On Monday, Centrelink will apply a new ‘points-based activation system’ for the unemployed to retain payments. Mona Nikidehaghani and Michael Mehmet explain how it works – and what happens when the numbers don’t add up.
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News
There were nearly 500,000 jobs available in May – more than double the number recorded in February 2020 before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new Australian Bureau of Statistics data.
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With ‘job snobs’ accused of being too picky to accept hospitality jobs going begging in the city, Dale Beasley gives his insight into working life on the other side of the counter.
South Australia’s unemployment rate has again topped the country despite a marginal dip to 4.9 per cent, as the national rate held steady at a 14-year low of 4 per cent.
South Australia’s unemployment rate has been reinforced as the nation’s highest after climbing to 5 per cent in February, despite the national rate falling to 4 per cent – the lowest level since 2008.
South Australia’s jobless rate has dropped to 4.6 per cent – the same as the national rate – after Australia recorded a big spike in the number of people finding jobs in November.
