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Australia reports more jobless in April

Xinhua, May 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Australia's unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.2 percent in April when 2,900 jobs were lost, according a estimate of the Australian Bureau of Statistics released on Thursday.

This was a rise from the previous 6.1 percent rate in a population of almost 24 million. Endi