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business reporters Michael Janda and Rachel Pupazzoni

Unemployment holds steady despite shock jobs surge in November

Australia's unemployment rate has remained steady at 3.4 per cent, despite the shock addition of 64,000 extra jobs over the past month.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show the proportion of Australians in work or looking for it returned to a record high in November, with the participation rate at 66.8 per cent.

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