Election 2022 (Poll added)

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On this, I read somewhere recently not sure if it is correct or not, that politically you are considered employed if you work 1hr or more per week!

That's not being employed, that is 95% unemployed welfare, who the feck decides that sort of threshold for reporting?

The one hour considered employed has been that way for a long time (not suggesting it's right).  Without international students, fruit pickers etc coming to Australia, it is not a great surprise that unemployment is so low.  It would be interesting to know the number of people employed against the population of Australia (as opposed to the participation rate).  It is an absolute nightmare trying to get staff in all sorts of industries at the moment.  It is an employee's market.