South Australia's unemployment rate is reported to have fallen to 5.6%, the third-best combined Australian state, almost equal to the national average.
While South Australians voted for a new government, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 6.2 percent in February to 5.6 percent in March, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
By March, the national unemployment rate had fallen for the third month in a row, reaching 5.5 percent, just 0.1 percentage points lower than South Australia.
David Pisoni, the industry and skills minister, described the latest unemployment rate as "encouraging," but said the Liberal government still has "a lot of work to do" to ensure that unemployment continues to fall.
"that's why Marshall government has been working on cutting payroll taxes for small businesses over the next four years, extending shop hours, cutting payroll taxes on small businesses, liberalizing stores, and cutting ESL bills for households and businesses," he said. And training 20000 new apprentices. "
South Australia's unemployment rate was often among the country's highest in the last government, but opposition party leader Peter Malinauskas argued on Thursday that the figures simply showed "a growing trend for workers to leave South Australia."
"less than six months after the closure of Horton, unemployment fell to 5.6 percent, which is a good proof of that," he said.
"remember, the Liberal Party had predicted that unemployment in South Australia would fall above 10%."
Seasonally adjusted figures show that Australia's total employment has increased by 4900 this month, with full-time workers down by 19900 and part-time workers up by 28800.
Participation also rose from 65.5% in March to more than 65.6%.