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Shares in online job marketplace agency SEEK rose early on Tuesday, following the release of its FY25 results.

SEEK's bid to acquire Sydney-based HR and recruitment technology firm Xref has fallen through, with both parties agreeing to terminate the scheme implementation deed.

Consumers are still down in the dumps although fresh inflation data is expected to point to easing cost-of-living pressures.

Employers are still offering big sums to entice in-demand workers but growth in advertised salaries is starting to wane.

WA exports have doubled over five years to be $256 billion in the 12 months to November, while the national trade surplus was $13.2 billion in that month alone.

The number of Western Australians in employment fell in September, while the national jobless rate held steady at 3.5 per cent.

Workers are likely securing higher pay by changing jobs, new data from SEEK reveals, but driving up real wages remains a problem.

The impact of January's Omicron case surge on the labour force has been laid bare, with hours worked dropping almost 9 per cent, while unemployment remains at a 13-year low.

ASX-listed companies have detailed roughly $2 billion in JobKeeper payments spanning the last two financial years, with only a handful making voluntary repayments.

Australians have started applying for jobs again, but nowhere near the pace they were before the pandemic.

Listed companies from Western Australia are on the outer in the most recent quarterly reshuffle of the S&P Dow Jones ASX Indices, with high-profile absentees including Iluka Resources, Mineral Resources and Monadelphous Group.