6296.0 - Information Paper: Measures of Labour Underutilisation, 2001  
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On 27 February 2002 the ABS released the Information Paper: Measures of Labour Underutilisation (Cat. no. 6296.0). The paper outlines four measures of labour underutilisation - the official unemployment rate and three supplementary measures. The supplementary measures of labour underutilisation include a wider group of people than the unemployed, such as part-time workers who are willing and available to work more hours, and people who are available to start work but who have stopped looking because they have become discouraged.

The paper also describes the wide range of data provided by the ABS on available labour resources and the extent of labour utilisation. This includes data on persons who are underemployed and those with a marginal attachment to the labour force