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Article: Fed: Sydney jobless rate half the rate of Hobart s
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- June 15, 2000
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AAP General News (Australia)
06-15-2000
Fed: Sydney jobless rate half the rate of Hobart s
By Stephen Spencer, Economics Correspondent
CANBERRA, June 15 AAP - Unemployment has fallen below five per cent in most parts of
Sydney, leaving the city with a jobless rate half that of Hobart's, new figures today
revealed.
An Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) breakdown of the monthly jobless figures confirms
Sydney is leaving the rest of the nation far behind.
Of the 12 districts with unemployment rates below 5.0 per cent, just two are outside
Sydney - Melbourne's southern suburbs and Adelaide's eastern suburbs.
Sydney regional areas have the seven lowest jobless rates in the nation, ...