Lockdowns drive Australian employment dive

By Colin Brinsden, Aap Economics and Business Correspondent
Updated September 16 2021 - 12:35pm, first published 12:31pm
The Australian Bureau of Statistics says unemployment has eased to 4.5 per cent from 4.6 per cent.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics says unemployment has eased to 4.5 per cent from 4.6 per cent.

The number of people employed in Australia slumped by 146,000 in August as a result of a number of coronavirus lockdowns across the country, wiping out the jobs gains seen since April.

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