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At 3.9%, Australia's unemployment rate now officially begins with '3'. What's next?

  • Written by John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra
At 3.9%, Australia's unemployment rate now officially begins with '3'. What's next?Shutterstock

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