Jobless rate 'heartbreaking': Morrison

By Daniel McCulloch
Updated June 18 2020 - 12:41pm, first published 12:39pm
Australia's unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per cent in May as another 227,000 people lost their jobs.
Australia's unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per cent in May as another 227,000 people lost their jobs.

Scott Morrison is itching to unlock interstate travel as new figures show border closures are costing nearly 5000 jobs a week and $84 million a day.

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