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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Amy Remeikis

Labor hails ‘strongest start for jobs growth’ of any Australian government

Treasurer Jim Chalmers
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor is ‘pleased wages are moving’ but ‘we need to see inflation moderate to secure real wages growth’. Photograph: James Worsfold/AAP

The Albanese government is celebrating what it calls the “strongest start for jobs growth for any new Australian government in history” as it enters its second year in power.

Treasury analysis released by Jim Chalmers’ office shows 333,000 more Australians were employed in April 2023 than in May 2022, which is more than three times the number of jobs gained in the first year of the Abbott Coalition government.

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