The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) released its job advertisements figures on Monday. Job advertisements in Australia increased 1.8% in December, after a 0.7% rise in November. That was the seventh consecutive increase.

The ANZ chief economist Warren Hogan noted: "The good news is that the economy continues to produce new employment opportunities. The bad news is that this has not been quite enough to counteract the flow of new workers into the economy plus the on-going loss of jobs in certain sectors".