Record employment in South Australia

Submitted 18/02/2010

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The latest employment figures show a record 111,300 new jobs have been created since the Rann Government came to office in 2002.

TheState's headline unemployment rate is now 4.4 per cent - an equal record low since monthly unemployment figures began.

It is nearly a full percentage point below the national unemployment rate of 5.3 per cent.

"This shows the South Australian economy is strong and continuing to grow," Mr Rann says.

"It confirms the State Government has been on the right track in providing the best environment and infrastructure necessary for business to grow and prosper.

"This is all about the hard work put in by South Australians. Low unemployment shows a confident, strong and buoyant business community that is out there competing and growing.

"The value of major developments in South Australia now stands at a record $71.5 billion, including the biggest public infrastructure program in history.

"We are spending $11.4 billion building new roads, rail, a desalination plant, schools and hospitals to protect existing jobs and create new ones for the future."

Mr Rann says the January figures show that the total number of people employed in South Australia in trend terms rose to a record high of 802,400 with 88 per cent of all jobs created in January being full time.