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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.
A variety of pegs to sterling applied until December 1931, when the government set a rate of £1 Australian = 16 shillings sterling (£1·5s Australian = £1 sterling; A£1.25 = £1 sterling). While wool-growing remained at the centre of economic activity, a variety of new goods, such as wheat, dairy and other agriculturally-based produce ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia was a part of the worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first confirmed case in Australia was identified on 25 January 2020, in Victoria , when a man who had returned from Wuhan , Hubei Province, China , tested positive ...
On 27 February, the prime minister activated the Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), [11] stating that the rapid spread of the virus outside of China had prompted the government to elevate its response.
Nationally, unemployment has slowly fallen since its initial record spike in April as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported last month that the national ...
The unemployment rate remained relatively stable through early 2020, but by the end of the year, it increased from 4.4% in February 2020 to 5.1% in December 2020, reflecting the economic challenges posed by the crisis. [373] The unemployment rate remained around 5% throughout much of 2021 before gradually decreasing to 4.4% by the end of 2021.
The participation rate for 15- to 24-year-olds increased by 0.4 points to 70.7% while the unemployment rate for this group decreased by 0.1 points to 9.1%. [105] According to the ABS, in January 2024, the underemployment rate remained steady at 6.0%, while the underutilisation rate (the unemployed plus the under-employed) [ 106 ] decreased by 0 ...
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia may refer to: Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (2020) Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (January–June 2021) Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (July–December 2021) Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (2022)