COMMENT: We have another building block for the Government in terms of economic credibility - and a reminder that as each month goes by, if things roll on the way they appear to, they will be in very good form going into their first election as a grouping.
The unemployment rate is 3.9 per cent, down from 4.4 per cent - 4.4 is good by anyone's standards, 3.9 is world class. It's up there with America, and America is the envy of the world.
We shouldn't really be surprised, how many times now have we talked to industries who literally can't find people to do jobs? Sector after sector, transport, hospitality, aged care, horticulture, agriculture, construction, to name a few.
In fact it would be easier to list industries that don't have shortages, and that would be counted on the fingers of one hand.
But if you look to history, which tells us strong economies serve governments well, this Government now has within its timeframe of having been in power for a year, three very good indisputably successful numbers.