The unemployment rate in Australia came in at a seasonally adjusted 6.9 percent in September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
That beat expectations for 7.1 percent and was up from 6.8 percent in August.
The Australian [economy][1] shed 29,500 jobs last month - again exceeding forecasts for a loss of 35,000 jobs following the addition of 111,000 in the previous month.
Full-time employment lost 20,100 jobs and part-time employment lost 9,400 jobs.
The participation rate came in at 64.8 percent, unchanged and in line with expectations.
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