Fed: Jobless rate remains steady at 5.6 pct for December = 3

AAP General News (Australia)
01-15-2004
Fed: Jobless rate remains steady at 5.6 pct for December = 3

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello later said the Senate was now the biggest block to
lower unemployment rates.

"I think if you wanted to take the unemployment rate in Australia down more significantly,
you would have to get the government's measures through the Senate," he told reporters
in Melbourne.

"The Senate is now the biggest …