Table: Australia Posts Jobs Growth For 14 Straight Months

--Unemployment Rate At 5.4%; Participation 65.5%

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

Bureau of Statistics on Thursday:

                                            November                     October

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

                                                            +7,800 (revised from

Employed Persons                             +61,600                     +3,700)

                           +17,000 (range +10,000 to

MNI Consensus                               +25,000)

                                                           +31,000 (revised from

Full-time Employment                         +41,900                    +24,300)

                                                           -23,200 (revised from

Part-time Employment                         +19,700                    -20,700)

Unemployment Rate                               5.4%          5.4% (no revision)

MNI Consensus             5.4%  (range 5.2% to 5.4%)

Participation Rate                             65.5%  65.2% (revised from 65.1%)

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

                                                             -7,300(revised from

Unemployed Persons                            +4,100                     -8,100)

Employment to

Population                                     61.9%  61.7% (revised from 61.6%)

Underemployment Rate                            8.3%               8.5% (August)

Underutilization Rate                          13.7%              14.0% (August)

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

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