The Australian Unemployment rate in March 2022 varied between 3.4% and 4.9% depending on which of the Australian States or Territories you look at.
The Unemployment rate for all of Australia is 3.95% in March 2022. This is a slight drop from the 4.04% in February … Read the rest
Anthony Albanese, on 11 April 2022, said he thought that the Australian unemployment rate was 5.4 per cent.
Scott Morrison, on the same day, said it was 4%, the lowest rate over 50 years.
The latest actual figures show that the Prime Minister, Scott … Read the rest
JobSeeker is the Australian Unemployment benefit payment and is paid every two weeks, to eligible applicants.
Fortnighty Payment rate.
$642.70 Single, 22 or over, no children (increase from $629.50).
$691.00 Single, 22 or over, with children (increase from $676.80).… Read the rest
Unemployment in Australia increased by 81,800 in October 2021, from 625,500 in September up to 708,300 in October.
But, how important is such an increase, when looked at in the long term?
The following graph, showing unemployment rates from 2011, is showing the October 2021 … Read the rest
Seasonally adjusted estimates of Unemployment statistics in Australia.
Seasonally adjusted estimates of Unemployment statistics in Australia, during 2020.
Figures for 2016 showed that an average of about 5.6% of Australian born people were unemployed during 2016.
This is much lower than the rate for new migrants to Australia, either skilled visa holder, or a partner visa etc., in the family stream … Read the rest
The COVID-19 coronavirus was responsible for a massive increase in unemployment, which reached over 1 million in July 2020.
The July 2020 unemployed figure was almost 300,000 higher than the 712,900 unemployed a year earlier in July 2019. An increase of 41.5%.
In October … Read the rest
In April 2020, the Australian Unemployment rate has increased from 5.2% to 6.2%.
The number of people classed as Unemployed increased by 104,500 to 823,300.
This figure released 14th May 2020.
Government support packages were introduced to keep people in employment, even of not actually working.
Many of these are … Read the rest
New Migrants often need to find work quickly once they arrive in Australia. It isn’t always easy, but it is now getting much worse.
The number of people losing their jobs following the effects of the COVID-19 virus is growing, and Cabinet ministers have … Read the rest
