ABS employment in detail: God bless closed borders

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Not having 180,000 to 200,000 migrant workers flood the labour market each year, as was the case pre-COVID, is doing wonders to Australia’s unemployment rate, which fell to a decade low 4.8% in June:

Australian unemployment

Australian unemployment rate lowest since June 2011.

Total jobs rose by 29,000 (0.2%) to 13,154,200 people in June, with full-time jobs rising a whopping 51,600, offsetting a 22,500 fall in part-time jobs:

Changes in employment

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.