The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released job vacancies data for the February quarter, which recorded a 0.1% seasonally adjusted decline in the number of vacancies over the quarter and a 2.2% decrease over the year:
NSW (-1.1%), VIC (-0.7%) and QLD (-1.8%) all recorded falling job vacancies over the February quarter:
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Obviously, this data is backward looking and has little use in the current climate, with Australia facing mass unemployment.