Kelvin Thomson (Wills, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, in writing, on 14 November 2014:

(1) Is the Minister aware that unemployment in the City of Hume, Melbourne, increased from 6.9 per cent in June 2013 to 10 per cent in June 2014.(2) Is the Minister aware that since the 2013 change of government, unemployment in the City of Hume suburb of Broadmeadows, has risen from 21.9 per cent to 26.4 per cent, and that unemployment in the City of Hume suburbs of Campbellfield and Coolaroo, has risen from 18.8 per cent to 22.9 per cent, and that unemployment in the City of Hume suburb of Meadow Heights, has risen from 18.6 per cent to 22.9 per cent.(3) What action is the Government taking to reverse the rising trend in unemployment in the City of Hume.

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