Election fight over economy fires up as jobless rate nears 50-year low - Sydney Morning Herald


5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by Rachel Clun, Shane Wright

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese have clashed over who can best keep people in jobs while delivering real wage rises, as unemployment reached 3.9 per cent.

There are now record numbers of men and women in full-time work with a large uptick in full-time jobs, which rose by 92,400 over April. Meanwhile, part-time jobs fell by 88,400, taking the part-time… [+2418 chars]

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