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China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-08 07:58
Australian claims down
Australia's jobless rate slipped marginally in April to 5.4 percent, despite widespread predictions of a further rise in unemployment because of the global economic slowdown.
The Bureau of Statistics release yesterday showed more than 27,000 new full- and part-time jobs were created in April, backing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's claim that his stimulus packages were working.
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