Unemployment Decline Persists Under Liberal Leadership

Tasmanian Government

The latest labour market data, released today by the ABS, shows Tasmania's historic run of low unemployment is continuing.

Tasmania's unemployment has remained steady at 4.1 per cent in November, maintaining a period of nearly three years of unemployment at or below 4.2 per cent.

Treasurer, Guy Barnett, said this was welcome news for Tasmania.

"The latest figures show approximately 279,800 Tasmanians are in jobs, that's nearly 45,000 more than when we came to Government in 2014," the Treasurer said.

"As we approach the end of the year, the resilience of our economy is continuing to benefit Tasmanians.

"Tassie posted record retail spending in October, we have the highest wage growth in the nation and as a result there is underlying confidence in our economy.

"We have seen a number of significant and positive signs from the ABS in recent months demonstrating we are heading in the right direction.

"Despite these strong indicators that Tasmania's economy is proving robust and resilient – there are desperate attempts from Labor to undermine this.

"Our Government will always support Tasmanian jobs, we will back our economy and we will continue to support

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