Australia's unemployment rate rises to 7.4 per cent I SBS News

The Prime Minister has announced the federal government will bring the total of a new skills package to $2b.

The skills package is targeted toward school leavers and people looking for work to take up courses in areas like healthcare, transport, manufacturing and retail.

It comes as Australia's unemployment rate rose to a seasonally-adjusted 7.4 per cent in June as more people looked for work following the gradual easing in coronavirus-related lockdowns.

Another 69,300 jobs were lost during June, although overall jobs increased by 210,800 for the month.

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