Regional unemployment hits 12-year high

By Gareth Hutchens
Updated April 24 2015 - 6:33pm, first published 4:47pm
Unemployment is rising in the Hunter Valley and other mining regions in Australia. Photo: Michele Mossop
Unemployment is rising in the Hunter Valley and other mining regions in Australia. Photo: Michele Mossop
Unemployment is rising in the Hunter Valley and other mining regions in Australia. Photo: Michele Mossop
Unemployment is rising in the Hunter Valley and other mining regions in Australia. Photo: Michele Mossop
Unemployment is rising in the Hunter Valley and other mining regions in Australia. Photo: Michele Mossop
Unemployment is rising in the Hunter Valley and other mining regions in Australia. Photo: Michele Mossop
Unemployment is rising in the Hunter Valley and other mining regions in Australia. Photo: Michele Mossop
Unemployment is rising in the Hunter Valley and other mining regions in Australia. Photo: Michele Mossop

The unemployment rate in regional Australia has risen to 7.3 per cent, a 12-year high, as job demand shifts increasingly to major cities with the winding down of the mining construction boom.

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