Female full-time work drives drop in unemployment rate to 5.8%
A significant rise in full-time work for women has been a large driver of the unemployment rate for February dropping to 5.8 per cent, a figure viewed as evidence of a continued labour market recovery.
The unemployment rate declined by 0.5 of a percentage point to 5.8 per cent from a revised January figure of 6.3 per cent, according to the latest ABS figures.
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