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1 in 5 Australian workers are either underemployed or out of work: white paper

  • Written by John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
1 in 5 Australian workers are either underemployed or out of work: white paperCommonwealth Treasury

Today’s employment white paper has adopted the broadest-ever definition of what “full employment” means for Australia.

The new paper says closer to 2.8 million Australians are either underemployed or out of work – equivalent to one-fifth of the current workforce. That new estimate is much higher than the...

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