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<br>The number of job vacancies fell 1.9 per cent over the three months to August, with the drop in classifieds accelerating from the previous quarter.<br> <br>Employers in August advertised 235,100 positions, according to seasonally adjusted data released on Thursday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.<br> <br>Public sector vacancies rose 5.9 per cent but vacancies in the much larger private sector fell 2.7 per cent during the quarter.<br> <br>The figures follow a 1.6 per cent fall in the May quarter and suggest the rate of unemployment could creep above the 5.3 per cent recorded in August.<br> <br>Overall Australian job roles decreased by 1.9 per cent over the past year,  [https://speedrun.splashthat.com/ Slot777] with falls of 9.2 per cent in Victoria, 7.6 per cent in NSW and 3.4 per cent in South Australia.<br> <br>Openings in the past 12 months increased by 21.9 per cent in Tasmania and were up 18.7 per cent in the Northern Territory.<br>