SA: SA s unemployment hits a 10 year low

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2000
SA: SA s unemployment hits a 10 year low

South Australia's unemployment has hit a 10-year low at 7.7 per cent - but critics
are worried about the fall in full-time jobs.

Figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show SA's unemployment
fell by 0.3 percentage points in January.

Employment Minister MARK BRINDAL says trend employment has grown by 3.3 per cent in
the past 12 months, taking the number of South Australians employed to 678,300 last month
- up 21,800 on the same time last year.

He says the number of South Australia's employed has increased for 19 consecutive months.

But opposition jobs spokesman MICHAEL WRIGHT says full-time unemployment fell by 10,700
in one month, negating the gains made in December and bringing the total number of full-time
workers to its lowest level in almost a year.

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