Jobs are booming in major sectors of the economy, despite the virus-induced recession inflicting employment losses on more than 100,000 Australians.
The number of people employed in the retail, education and training, mining, agriculture, financial services and public safety industries has risen to well above pre-pandemic levels.
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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com