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How we invented 'unemployment' – and why we're outgrowing it

  • Written by Anthony O'Donnell, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Law, La Trobe University
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When Labor leader Anthony Albanese couldn’t quote Australia’s unemployment rate in the first week of the election campaign, many said it didn’t matter: the Australian Bureau of Statistics figure was “meaningless”; “fudged”; “manipulated”; and didn’t count all those who had...

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