LABOUR FORCE DATA FOR JANUARY:
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* Unemployment rate - 6.4 per cent versus 6.6 per cent in December
* Underemployment rate (employed people seeking additional work) - 8.1 per cent versus 8.5 per cent
* Employment rose 29,100
* Full-time positions rose 59,000
* Part-time employment fell 29,800
* Participation rate (people working or looking for work): 66.1 per cent versus 66.2 per cent
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
NSW - 6.0 per cent in January versus 6.3 per cent in December
Vic - 6.3 per cent versus 6.5 per cent
Qld - 7.0 per cent versus 7.5 per cent
SA - 7.1 per cent versus 6.4 per cent
WA - 6.2 per cent versus 6.3 per cent
Tas - 5.9 per cent versus 7.0 per cent
NT - 5.6 per cent versus 5.4 per cent
ACT - 4.4 per cent versus 3.7 per cent
(Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Australian Associated Press
