In Australia, someone is classified as unemployed if he or she:
A) does not have a job, and has been looking for work in the last four weeks.
B) does not have a job.
C) does not have a job, and is collecting unemployment benefit.
D) does not have a job, or else has a job but is looking for a different one while continuing to work.
E) does not have a job, has recently looked for work, and is collecting unemployment benefit.

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The definition given in option A is the standard definition of being unemployed in Australia, as it includes both not having a job and actively seeking work in the past four weeks. The other options are not comprehensive enough (B), include benefits as a requirement (C, E), or confuse the definition of unemployment with job searching while employed (D).

In Australia, Someone Is Classified as Unemployed If He or She