Hunter job losses among country's lowest after May recovery

Michael Parris
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:39am, first published June 19 2020 - 4:30am
BETTER NEWS: People queue outside the Newcastle Centrelink office in March. The region's jobs market recovered relatively well in May. Picture: Marina Neil
BETTER NEWS: People queue outside the Newcastle Centrelink office in March. The region's jobs market recovered relatively well in May. Picture: Marina Neil

The Hunter job market has been one of the most resilient in Australia during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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Michael Parris

Michael Parris

Journalist

Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.

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