Dr Dre you are completely correct in what you say about how unemployment is measured.
However as a standard measure, given the limitations, it is still a valid comparison to five, ten or twenty years ago. By that measure we are going okay.
Have a look at the G 20 countries.
Again, tying this back to the thread. Market force would normally work such that when a passenger has a poor experience as there bag was delayed by two days or their check in took four hours they would buy from another provider. That does not work in Australia. Airline management know they have you by the short and curlies.
I used to laugh when the TIGER air TV show was on, all these disgruntled people claiming "I will never fly Tiger again" when you know that the next time they see a $29 fare they are back in.
Edited to add link...
https://tradingeconomics.com/country...?continent=g20