Australian job ads dive in Dec. as bushfires take a toll
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian job advertisements suffered their largest monthly drop in seven months in December as bushfires across the country's two most populous states took a toll on activity.Tuesday's figures from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group showed total job ads slid 6.7% in December, from November when they fell 1.8%.Job ads averaged 142,569 in December, down 18.8% from a year earlier and the lowest reading since April 2016."The number of job ads declined by more than we would..