This is at the high end of historical outcomes and above the growth in the working-age population (around 1½ per cent https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2018/sp-dg-2018-10-17.html  1/13  10/17/2018  The State of the Labour Market | Speeches | RBA  currently). Over two-thirds of the increase in employment over the past two years has been in fulltime work.
Despite this, part-time employment as a share of total employment remains close to historical highs at around one-third of employment. Quite a lot is often made of the full- versus part-time distinction, often with the unstated presumption that full-time jobs are better than part-time jobs.