LABOUR FORCE DATA FOR SEPTEMBER:
* Unemployment rate – 6.9 per cent versus 6.8 per cent in August
* Underemployment rate (employed people seeking additional work) – 11.4 per cent versus 11.3 per cent
* Employment fell 29,500
* Full-time fell 20,100
* Part-time fell 9400
* Participation rate (people working or looking for work): 64.8 per cent versus 64.9 per cent
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
NSW – 7.2 per cent in vs 6.7 per cent in July
Vic – 6.7 per cent vs 7.1 per cent
Qld – 7.7 per cent vs 7.4 per cent
SA – 7.1 per cent vs 8.1 per cent
WA – 6.7 per cent vs 7.0 per cent
Tas – 7.6 per cent vs 6.4 per cent
NT – 4.8 per cent vs 4.2 per cent
ACT – 3.8 per cent vs 4.0 per cent
(Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)