Australia Posts Jobs Growth For 10 Straight Months

--Unemployment Rate At 5.6%; Participation Increases

     SYDNEY (MNI) - Labor-force survey for July published by the Australian

Bureau of Statistics on Thursday:

                                               July                         June

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                         (M/M, seasonally adjusted)   (M/M, seasonally adjusted)

                                                           +20,000 (revised from

Employed Persons                            +27,900                     +14,000)

                          +20,000 (range +10,000 to

MNI Consensus                              +35,000)

                                                           +69,300 (revised from

Full-time Employment                        -20,300                     +62,000)

                                                            -49,400(revised from

Part-time Employment                        +48,200                     -48,000)

Unemployment Rate                              5.6%     5.7% (revised from 5.6%)

MNI Consensus            5.6%  (range 5.5% to 5.6%)

Participation Rate                            65.1%          65.0% (no revision)

MNI Consensus          65.0% (range 64.9% to 65.0%)

                                                           +16,000 (revised from

Unemployed Persons                           +1,100                     +13,100)

Employment to

Population                                    61.4%          61.3% (no revision)

--MNI Sydney Bureau; tel: +61 2-9716-5467; email: sophia.rodrigues@marketnews.com

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