THE federal government has blamed Queensland for the jump in Australia's jobless rate, while the state's treasurer blamed global factors for a spike in unemployment.
Queensland's unemployment rate jumped to 6.2 per cent in December as the national level rose to 5.4 per cent, giving the state Australia's second highest jobless rate after Tasmania.
Acting Employment Minister Kate Ellis blamed Queensland for the national unemployment increase, reflected in Australian Bureau of Statistics data.
"Regrettably, more than 22,000 Queenslanders found themselves out of a job this Christmas (while) across the rest of the country, jobs grew," she told reporters in Adelaide.
"Were it not for the Queensland job losses, the unemployment rate today would have actually fallen to 5.2 per cent rather than slightly rising."
But state Treasurer Tim Nicholls said global factors, and political deadlock in the US over debt, caused Queensland's jobless rate to increase.
"A weaker global outlook, including certainty about the US 'fiscal cliff' and a decline in commodity prices, has seen business remain cautious which has led to a weakening in labour market conditions in Queensland," he said in a statement.
"This is reflected right across Australia, with 5500 jobs lost nationwide in December."
The news comes just days after Queensland Premier Campbell Newman vowed not to sack any more public servants, beyond the 14,000 made redundant last year.
Ms Ellis said that since the election of the Newman government, 65 jobs losses have been lost each day.
The unemployment rate in Queensland stood at 5.5 per cent when the Liberal National Party came to power in March 2012.
But Ms Ellis acknowledged the national unemployment rate was expected to rise as the rest of the world grappled with the effects of the GFC.
State Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said Queensland's jobless rate increase showed the Newman government was struggling to deliver on its promise of four per cent unemployment.
"The four per cent jobless commitment the premier made to Queenslanders at last year's election means he must create jobs at the rate of 200 a day, or 420,000 new jobs over six years," she said.
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