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Local

Increase Newstart and do more to help jobless find work: report

Unemployment benefits should be increased by more than $120 a week and the unemployed should not be treated as “dole bludgers” when many – including former car industry workers – were not responsible for losing their jobs, argues a new report.

Local

SA's jobless rate drops - but still high

South Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped dramatically from 7.3 per cent to 6.3 per cent in September, but remains markedly above the national average 5.2 per cent – and its trend jobless rate increased.

Opinion

Richardson: The unique chip on our collective shoulder

It’s there. We all know it. And South Australian lawmakers should stop appealing to our unique sense of self-deprecation by telling us we need to slavishly follow the eastern states to succeed, writes Tom Richardson.

Notes on Adelaide

Marshall’s jobless stats 'celebration' | Watchdog claws Libs | Jay opens for Steve Bannon

In today’s Notes on Adelaide, Steven Marshall doubles down on talking things up, the national broadcasting regulator gives his party a kicking, and his predecessor Jay Weatherill gets a new gig – as a warm-up act for a former Trump strategist.

News

SA unemployment rate climbs to three-year high

South Australia’s unemployment rate continues to be the worst in Australia, with the August figure climbing to 7.3 per cent.