Jobless rate falls in NSW
Unemployment in NSW has fallen to a four-year low, with ABS figures once again confirming that the State has the strongest jobs market in the nation, Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday.
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She said the NSW unemployment rate is the lowest in the nation, falling 0.1 per cent to 4.9 per cent in September, well below the national result of 5.6 per cent.
Excluding NSW, the rate for the rest of Australia is 5.9 per cent.
In the 12 months to September 68,900 new jobs were added in NSW.
