John Smith wrote on Apr 14^th, 2016 at 2:37pm:


The nazi skinhead with swastika's on his face is now gainfully employed on Naru.

John Smith wrote on Apr 14^th, 2016 at 2:37pm:



Cods paraphrasing Dumb dumb  , jesus what a retard

Its time wrote on Apr 14^th, 2016 at 2:07pm:

The drop is entirely due to an increase in part-time unemployment in the survey period. The number of full-time jobs fell, as did the number of hours worked.

longweekend58 wrote on Apr 14^th, 2016 at 3:41pm:

And let's eliminate unemployment entirely by sacking one million full-time employees and creating two million part-time jobs. You would be ecstatic.

longweekend58 wrote on Apr 14^th, 2016 at 3:22pm:


No I am quite aware mining's ass has fallen out, however much like you refuse to acknowledge outside circumstances when anyone BUT the libs are in power, I thought I'd cover 1 eye for a day just to get your perspective.
Had Gillard been PM now, it would not be a factor in anyway shape or form.

longweekend58 wrote on Apr 14^th, 2016 at 3:22pm:


It was not a commentary on the economy overall but YOUR blanket statement that it always rises under a Liberal government.
You'll also note that 2013 was our highest ever GDP, who do you thank for that, Gillard - Jan to Aug or Abbott - Oct to Dec?

Unemployment down, yay for the liberals.

What a total load of unmitigated clap trap.
Hiding unemployed through work for the dole, refusing the dole to people who have (in govco's eyes) too many liquid assets, etc etc.

Having been made redundant 10 months ago through my company going off shore, I can tell you that these "FACTS and STATS" are all doctored.

I am ineligible for the dole, because I have "Assets" that are considered above their "NEW" limits.
These new limits have affected the unemployed numbers, not the actual people who are unemployed.
I and many other Liquid Asset Rich people, are in fact UNEMPLOYED, we are looking for work, but because the work is not there we cannot find it.
We are, conveniently, not counted in these bull sh1t numbers because we are not claiming the dole.

What work there is, is part time, full time work is becoming scarcer and scarcer.
I look forward, should I score a job, at being paid at a much lower rate, simply because there is a glut of qualified people looking for work and because transitory work is all that is available.

These fabricated facts and manipulated stats are a slap in the face for working people and those desperately looking for work.
But there is one growth industry in Australia.
Government departments and sub departments are at an all time high.
Worthless bureaucrats manipulating data to fit an agenda, and trying so hard to maintain their worthless jobs.

Ok I found a website analysing this.  I welcome but obviously won't happen for a lib supporter to refute the facts (but since they have no ability to do so, they will instead attack credibility instead):

The summary ABS Labour Force (seasonally adjusted) estimates for March 2016 are:
http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=33338
    Employment increased 26,100 (0.2 per cent) with full-time employment decreasing by 18,800 and part-time employment increasing by 34,900.
    Unemployment decreased by 7,300 to 723,100.
    The official unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 5.7 per cent.
    The participation rate was unchanged at 64.9 per cent. This is well below its November 2010 peak (recent) of 65.8 per cent.
    Aggregate monthly hours worked decreased 17.5 million hours (-1.1 per cent).
    The quarterly ABS broad labour underutilisation estimates (the sum of unemployment and underemployment) for the February quarter were updated last month. Underemployment was at 8.4 per cent and total labour underutilisation rate was at 14.2 per cent. There were 1,051.2 thousand persons underemployed and a total of 1.839.3 thousand workers either unemployed or underemployed. The next quarterly release will be in the June 2016 publication.

Total (net) employment in March 2016 is estimated to have increased by 26,100 jobs. Full-time employment decreased 8,800, while part-time employment increased by 34,900.

This follows the total (net) employment change in February 2016 of 300 jobs. Prior to that there were two second consecutive month of negative growth.

The ABS said that:

    Trend employment growth in Australia eased … In March 2016, the annual trend employment growth rate was 2.2 per cent, down from 2.6 per cent in December 2015 . That’s an increase of around 250,000 persons employed, compared with 300,000 persons.
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Well, any 'good news' is better than none - especially for a lib who is waiting for any straws to grasp.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Apr 14^th, 2016 at 7:29pm:


In a nut shell, yeas....with part time work counting as that if you do just one hour a week.

Good, hey?