The latest data shows further recovery in employment following the large [actually record] 366,000 increase in November,’ Jarvis said, adding the survey does not pick up changes after the first two weeks of December, when Omicron really got going …
Recovery in New South Wales and Victoria continued to have a large influence on the national figures, with employment in these two states increasing by 32,000 and 25,000 people between November and December. Their employment was around where it had been in May, having fallen 250,000 and 145,000 during the lockdowns.