Unemployment rate 4.2 in June

Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 4.2 per cent in June, compared to an unrevised 4.3 per cent in May, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.

Total employment rose by 29,800 to 10,715,700, seasonally adjusted.

Full-time employment rose by 24,000 to 7,664,600 and part-time employment was up 5,800 to 3,051,100.

The participation rate in June was 65.3 per cent, compared with 65.2 per cent in May.

Economists had expected total employment to rise by 10,000, a jobless rate of 4.3 per cent and a participation rate of 65.2 per cent.

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