Unemployment falls in SA
Submitted 11/06/2010
AAP
A drop in the unemployment rate in May shows South Australia's economy is continuing to show resilience, Employment, Training and Further Education Minister Jack Snelling says. The May headline unemployment rate fell by 0.3 percentage points to 5.3 per cent, which is only 0.1 of a percentage point above the national rate of 5.2 per cent and the third lowest of all the states, the minister said. "Significantly, full-time employment in SA in May rose by 500 to reach 540,700, the eighth consecutive monthly rise," he said. The participation rate in trend terms dropped slightly by 0.1 to 63.1 per cent, but the figure indicated South Australians continued to have confidence in their ability to find a job, Mr Snelling said.


