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Newcastle unemployment rate worst in 17 years

Michael Parris
Updated June 25 2020 - 8:47pm, first published 8:30pm
SILVER LINING: Manager Crystal Fagan cleans tables at GoodFriends cafe in The Junction last month after the government eased restrictions. The unemployment rate in Newcastle has hit 10 per cent, but the city has started to restore jobs in defiance of national trends. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
SILVER LINING: Manager Crystal Fagan cleans tables at GoodFriends cafe in The Junction last month after the government eased restrictions. The unemployment rate in Newcastle has hit 10 per cent, but the city has started to restore jobs in defiance of national trends. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

Newcastle's unemployment rate has hit 10 per cent for the first time in 17 years and a record number of people in the city are now without a job.

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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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