Summary: Employment down 14,600 in December, contrasts with expected gain; labour market still “incredibly tight”; reduced hours due to illness up 50% on comparable December 2021 figure; participation rate declines to 66.6%; jobless rate steady at 3.5%; fewer part-time, more full-time jobs; aggregate work hours down 0.5%; underemployment rate increase to 6.2%. Australia’s period of falling unemployment came to an end in early 2019 when the jobless rate hit a...