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  2. Early 1990s recession in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Treasurer Paul Keating budgeted a record $9.1 billion surplus for 1989–90, and Labor won the 1990 election, aided by the support of environmentalists. To court the green vote, environment minister Graham Richardson had placed restrictions on mining (notably uranium mining [5]) and logging which had a detrimental effect on already rising unemployment.

  3. Economy of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate since 1978 The number of job vacancies (thousands) since 1979. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) seasonally adjusted estimates, the unemployment rate dropped 0.2 points to 3.9% in November 2024 while the labour force participation rate decreased 0.1 points to 67.

  4. Prices and Incomes Accord - Wikipedia

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    As we saw, under such policies an unemployment rate of 10 per cent was needed to bring wage claims down to their present state, one in which virtually no increases at all are taking place. [ 16 ] The official Australian unemployment rate did fall under the early Accord, reaching a minimum of 6% in 1990, but rapidly increased between 1990 and ...

  5. List of countries by unemployment rate - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment rate (2021) [1] This is a list of countries by unemployment rate.Methods of calculation and presentation of unemployment rate vary from country to country. Some countries count insured unemployed only, some count those in receipt of welfare benefit only, some count the disabled and other permanently unemployable people, some countries count those who choose (and are financially ...

  6. Employment-to-population ratio - Wikipedia

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    U.S. unemployment rate and employment to population ratio (EM ratio) Wage share and employment rate in the U.S. Employment-to-population ratio, also called the employment rate, [1] is a statistical ratio that measures the proportion of a country's working age population (statistics are often given for ages 15 to 64 [2] [3]) that is employed.

  7. Economy of the Australian Capital Territory - Wikipedia

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    The economy of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is the fastest-growing, sixth biggest economy of Australia as of the end of the 2017-18 financial year. [4] Since the introduction of its self-government status in 1989, and with few exceptions in 1992, 1996, and 2014, the ACT economy has exhibited positive growth at a 1991-2018 average of 3.17 percent per year. [1]

  8. Job losses caused by the Great Recession - Wikipedia

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    September 2009 Australian unemployment rate: 5.7% [30] October 2009 Australian unemployment rate: 5.8% [ 31 ] The unemployment rate for October rose slightly due to population growth and other factors leading to 35,000 people looking for work, even though 24,500 jobs were created.

  9. History of Australia (1945–present) - Wikipedia

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    The 1980s saw severe concerns about Australia's future economic health take hold, with severe current account deficits and high unemployment at times. Hawke, together with treasurer Paul Keating undertook micro-economic and industrial relations reform designed to increase efficiency and competitiveness.