Australia Unemployment Rate Rises To 5.2% In June

Australia's unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 5.2% in June, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The number of employed declined by 27,000 to 11.5 million in the same period. The number of unemployed rose by 7,200 people to 631,300 in the same period.

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