Western Australia’s jobless rate has hit a historic high, with the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate at 6.8 per cent and almost 100,000 people are looking for work.
The most recent statistics show that while some sectors are creating jobs such as mining and healthcare, others such as the financial, retail and wholesale trade sectors have shed the most, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Nearly 100,000 West Australians are looking for work but regional WA, especially the Kimberley, is bearing most of the unemployment pain.