Australia created 45,900 jobs in June, the 11th successive month in which employment has climbed, typically at the rate of about 1000 jobs per day.
Almost all of the new jobs created in June were in the mining-dominated states of Western Australia and Queensland. Those states have the fastest inflation in Australia, with prices growing at annual rates of 3.5 and 3.2 per cent. Prices in Melbourne climbed 3.1 per cent.
