Australia posts surge in coronavirus-fuelled unemployment
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia posted its biggest monthly jobs decline on record on Thursday because of coronavirus lockdown measures, even as the country begins to gradually ease those social distancing rules.The jobless figures from the country's statistics office provided a stark illustration of the pandemic's effect on the national economy, which had experienced an unbroken run of growth for more than two decades."This is a tough day for Australia, a very tough day," Prime Minister Scott..