WA was also steady?????????and still the best in the country?????????at 4.1% but that also saw a big rise in participation, 0.7%.The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, dipped to 5.1% (5.2% on the smoothing trend basis).There???s been incessant publicity about job losses lately?????????the 500 jobs lost Qantas today and the 1000 at the ANZ earlier in the week are the latest examples.