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Filled Jobs and the Unemployment Rate: Two Counts of One Labour Market

Over the year to June 2026 filled jobs rose 2.6% while the number of people employed rose 1.1%, and unemployment rose to 4.65% in August, from 4.22% a year earlier. The difference is largely second jobs: 6.9% of employed people...

Wednesday September 30, 2026

Employment

Regional Unemployment: Where the Past Year’s Rise Actually Landed

Unemployment averaged 4.43% in the June quarter of 2026, 0.26 points higher than a year earlier, and 75 of 87 regions rose. Hobart rose 1.47 points, the Northern Territory outback 1.19, and the gap between the highest and lowest regions...

Thursday September 17, 2026

Employment

Jobs in the Building Trades: Construction Employment Rises as Vacancies Ease

Construction filled 1.35 million jobs in the June quarter of 2026, 4.9% more than a year earlier. On the ABS state estimates the industry has added about 157,500 jobs since mid-2021, mostly in Victoria and Queensland, while the construction job...

Wednesday September 16, 2026

Employment

Two Signals, One Direction: Unemployment and Investor Lending

Australias unemployment rate has risen 0.38 points off its January 2026 floor, with a 4.4-point spread across regions -- and a two-quarter pullback in investor lending concentration arriving in the same window.

Thursday August 20, 2026

Category: Employment

Filled Jobs and the Unemployment Rate: Two Counts of One Labour Market

Regional Unemployment: Where the Past Year’s Rise Actually Landed

Jobs in the Building Trades: Construction Employment Rises as Vacancies Ease

Two Signals, One Direction: Unemployment and Investor Lending

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