Qld: State s unemployment rate rising steadily

AAP General News (Australia)
01-13-2000
Qld: State s unemployment rate rising steadily

BRISBANE, Jan 13 AAP - The Queensland Labor government's five per cent unemployment
target remained within reach, despite a jump in the state's jobless rate, Acting Premier
Jim Elder said today.

But the opposition said Queensland's stagnating unemployment rate meant a five per
cent unemployment rate would not be reached in Premier Peter Beattie's "lifetime".

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released today showed Queensland had the second
highest unemployment rate in the nation at 8.3 per cent, seasonally adjusted, up from
November's jobless …