Australian jobs up again in Jan, longest run of gains on record

Sydney

AUSTRALIA'S streak of employment gains reached the longest on record in January, while unemployment fell a tick and female participation in the workforce climbed to an all-time high.

Thursday's figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed 16,000 net new jobs were added in January, in line with forecasts and a solid result given it came on top of outsized increases in both December and November.

It was the 16th straight month of rises, the longest such run since the monthly series began in 19…