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AUSTRALIA DATA: --Payroll jobs decreased by 1.1% in W/E May 2, compared to an

increase of 0.9% in the previous week Total wages paid increased by 0.9%,

compared to an increase of 0.5% in the previous week

--Between the week ending March 14 and W/E May 2, Payroll jobs decreased by 7.3%

Total wages paid decreased by 5.4%

said: "The latest data shows a further slowing in the fall in COVID-19 job

losses between mid-April and early May."

--"The largest net job losses over the seven weeks of the COVID-19 period, in

percentage terms, were in Victoria and New South Wales, where the falls in

payroll jobs were around 8.4 per cent and 7.7 per cent," said Bjorn Jarvis, Head

of Labour Statistics at the ABS.

--"Payroll jobs worked by people under 20 continued to show the largest falls

(-14.6 per cent), and were particularly high in some states and territories,

such as the Australian Capital Territory (-19.2 per cent)," he added.