Queensland has the country's second highest jobless rate after Tasmania. jobless rate soars to 6.4%

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman's 4.0 per cent unemployment target has slipped further away with the state recording its highest jobless rate in almost a decade.It has risen by half a percentage point in June to 6.4 per cent, well above the national average of 5.7 per cent and the state's highest rate since October 2003.Queensland now has the second highest unemployment rate after Tasmania.The dismal figures are a far cry from Mr Newman's election promise to drive down unemployment to 4.0 per cent over six years. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/qld-jobless-rate-soars-to-64pc-20130711-2psck.html