The chart and graph below give information about three categories of workers in Australia and the unemployment levels within those categories.

The pie

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illustrates the distribution of three employee

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in Australia — local, non-English-speaking (NESC), and English-speaking (

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) —in 2003.

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, the line

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provides an overview of

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rates for these

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from 1993 to 2003.

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, in 2003, local residents constituted the majority of Australia's workforce,

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joblessness among these

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declined over the decade starting in 1993. Notably,

ESC

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consistently had the highest

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rate

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throughout the period.

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the pie

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, people born in Australia comprised 76% of the total workers in 2003, compared to 10% of

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and 14% of NESC. Concerning the line

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, in 1993, the jobless

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of

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of workers from non-English-speaking countries was the highest, at approximately 7%. Adversely, the percentage of the Australian workforce was about 4%,

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workers from English-speaking countries had a

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of around 3.7%. Over the years,

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levels within these

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fell significantly. By 2003, the

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rate

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of NESC had dropped to around 3%.

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, the figure for the Australian workforce had fallen to about 2%, compared to 1% of

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during

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period.