Women lead exit from SA workforce as unemployment rate surges

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SA may no longer have the nation's highest unemployment rate, but almost 50,000 South Australians have lost their jobs since the coronavirus crisis began.

Almost 50,000 South Australians have become unemployed during the coronavirus crisis, with part-time female workers bearing the biggest burden.SA Treasurer Rob Lucas warns the state's debt could reach $30 billionshows the state's unemployment rate increased from 7.2 to 7.9 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis.

About 28,900 of those jobs belonged to women, the majority of whom — 17,400 — had been part-time employed. "The easiest one to point to is the tourism sector, and tourism-related, given there is highly unlikely to be any international travel."

 

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Female victimhood is real!

Useless ABC trying to make a pointless gender divisive pseudofact just to deliberately exacerbate some toxic gender difference rubbish. Disgraceful!

Women made up 52% of the job losses in May. Pretty darn even. Not sure why women are called out in this headline?

I find it pretty disgusting that a foreign news network has covered the brutal attack on that young girl on the train in Southern Cross before you even have, ABC. I’d say it’s a pretty big story. Does it not suit your narrative enough perhaps? I expected more from you.

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