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Australia unemployment falls to 6.3 pct

Xinhua, March 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Australian unemployment has dropped lower to 6.3 percent in February with more than 15,600 new jobs added to the economy, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) announced on Thursday.

There were 10,300 full-time jobs added to the economy, while 5, 300 part-time jobs were added, the ABS said.

However there was a decline in employment participation of 0.1 percent to 64.6 per cent. Endi