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Strong jobs figure does not alter the picture for Australia

Data released last week showed that Australia added more jobs in August than in any other month on record. But the jump does not change the broader picture of labour market weakness, and it does not mean that Australia’s economy is over the worst of its post mining-boom comedown.

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