(250919) -- CANBERRA, Sept. 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A man passes the shuttered shop in Tuggeranong, Canberra, Australia, on Sept. 18, 2025. Australia's unemployment rate remained steady at 4.2 percent in August despite a fall in full-time employment.

Official labor force figures published on Thursday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said that the unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in August, matching the figure for July. (Photo by Zhang Na/Xinhua)