Table: Australia Posts Jobs Growth For 13 Straight Months

--Unemployment Rate At 5.4%; Participation 65.1%

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

Bureau of Statistics on Thursday:

                                             October                   September

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

                                                           +26,600 (revised from

Employed Persons                              +3,700                    +19,800)

                           +20,000 (range -10,000 to

MNI Consensus                               +30,000)

                                                            +9,300 (revised from

Full-time Employment                         +24,300                     +6,100)

                                                           +17,300 (revised from

Part-time Employment                         -20,700                    +13,700)

Unemployment Rate                               5.4%          5.5% (no revision)

MNI Consensus             5.5%  (range 5.4% to 5.5%)

Participation Rate                             65.1%         65.2% (no revision)

MNI Consensus           65.2% (range 65.1% to 65.3%)

                                                            +7,300 (revised from

Unemployed Persons                            -8,100                    -11,800)

Employment to

Population                                     61.6%  61.7% (revised from 61.6%)

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

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