<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The unemployment rate has reached its highest level in almost four years following a surprise jump in the number of people looking for work last month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this morning, the jobless rate hit 4.5 per cent in September, up from 4.3 per cent the month prior.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is the highest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate recorded since November 2021," ABS head of labour statistics Sean Crick said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/soldiers-injured-adf-crash-townsville-queensland/72b51972-13aa-411d-b95e-0b2261284def"><strong><span>Soldier suffers life-threatening injuries in Queensland base crash</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There were 34,000 more unemployed people in September. The number of employed people also grew, up 15,000 in the same period."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come.</span></em><span></span></div></div>