South Australian Unemployment rate rises to 5.8 per cent

Submitted 13/03/2009

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Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for South Australia in February 09 was 5.8 per cent, 02 per cent highter than the previous month's figures.

More than 47,800 South Australians are out of work today.

The national unemployment rate increased to 5.2 per cent from January's rate of 4.8 per cent.