MH> 40% of those ready, willing and able to work are pounding
MH> the pavements, harrassing business people in their
MH> fruitless search for work, very few get lucky and

LE> I can't believe this. Can't possibly be true. You're seriously
LE> telling me that nearly half the available workers in Australia
LE> are jobless ? The country would collapse in ruins if it were true.

DH> Bill - smell the coffee.   The government of the day has been desperately
DH> twisting the figures as hard as they can to conceal the magnitude of the
DH> problem for years.  The hard core isn't even looking any more.

That doesnt explain the massive INCREASE in those IN WORK in just the
last 3 years. Its 350K Dave. Thats a HELL of a lot of people Dave.
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