June’s unemployment figures released on Tuesday indicate the alarming crisis affecting young people in the Shoalhaven has worsened.
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The Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands youth unemployment rate jumped from 25.4 per cent in May to 27.4 per cent in June.
This contrasts with significantly lower state youth unemployment figures.
Shoalhaven’s youth job crisis peaks
Across NSW, the rate hardly changed, decreasing from 11.9 to 11.8 per cent in the same period.
Rebecca Fist
Journalist
