Summary: Job ads up again in April; ads doubled since April 2020; “signalling ongoing declines” in jobless rate; hiring by businesses “not heavily dependent” on JobKeeper. From mid-2017 onwards, year-on-year growth rates in the total number of Australian job advertisements consistently exceeded 10%. That was until mid-2018 when the annual growth rate fell back markedly. 2019 was notable for its reduced employment advertising and this trend continued into the...