Unemployment Rates 17/05/24
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Almost 320,000 Australians have been unemployed for between two years and a decade despite living through the biggest jobs booms in Australia’s history.  The University of Melbourne has warned pro-­Palestinian protesters occupying a major building on campus that it will send in police to break up their encampment because its “patience is now at an end”.  A frightened mother from regional SA says her child’s school was forced into lockdown after a seven-year-old boy with a history of behavioural issues produced a knife and threatened to kill classmates. The Queensland government’s alternative plan for the Gabba could cost $1.1bn and cut its capacity by 4000 seats.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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