unemployment

This was posted deep in a thread somewhere - I lost it and I thought it deserved its own thread. http://lmip.gov.au/default.aspx?LMIP/LFR_SAFOUR/NSW_LFR_LM_byLFR_UnemploymentRate NSW Unemployment by region. Riverina and Orana fair very well indeed. Shoalhaven not quite as well, but...

Employment surprised on the upside in July. The ABS released Labour Force figures today. There's been a marked change in employment patterns - less full time workers & more part time workers - in roughly equal amounts. This appears to indicate that employers are reluctant to retrench staff...