Unemployment: How low can we go? - a podcast by ABC Radio

Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to 4.9 per cent, with almost 30,000 jobs created in June according to the official Bureau of Statistics data. The last time it was this low was a decade ago. Can Australia get even more people into work?

Guests:

Emeritus Professor Sue Richardson, Flinders University, former director of the National Institute of Labour Studies

Emeritus Professor Bill Mitchell, Chair in Economics, Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity, University of Newcastle

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