ABS National Statistical Headlines http://www.abs.gov.au National Statistics Headlines contain a summary of Australia's key economic and social indicators en-au Fri, 24 May 2013 10:50:00 +1000 webmaster@abs.gov.au (ABS Webmaster) http://www.abs.gov.au/AusStats/wmdata.nsf/activeimages/abs_logo_green/$FILE/abs_logo_green.gif Australian Bureau of Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au Labour Force: Employment increased by 50,100 persons to 11,663,200 in April 2013 (seasonally adjusted) (released 09 May 2013) Labour Force, Australia http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL Labour Force: Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 10.9 million hours to 1,643.3 million hours in April 2013 (seasonally adjusted) (released 09 May 2013) Labour Force, Australia http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL Labour Force: Unemployment decreased by 2,700 persons to 685,300 in April 2013 (seasonally adjusted) (released 09 May 2013 ) Labour Force, Australia http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL Labour Force: Unemployment rate at 5.5% in April 2013 (seasonally adjusted) (released 09 May 2013) Labour Force, Australia http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL Labour Force: Participation rate increased 0.2 pts to 65.3% in April 2013 (seasonally adjusted) (released 09 May 2013) Labour Force, Australia http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6202.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL Consumer Price Index: increases 0.4% in the March quarter 2013; rises 2.5% through the year (released 24 April 2013) Consumer Price Index, Australia http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6401.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6401.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL Population: Australia's estimated resident population reached 22,785,500 persons at 30 September 2012 (released 28 March 2013) Australian Demographic Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0?opendocument?utm_id=HL http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0?opendocument?utm_id=HL Population: Western Australia continues to have highest population growth rate at 3.4% (released 28 March 2013) Australian Demographic Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL Population: Australia's population growth rate reaches 1.7% (released 28 March 2013) Australian Demographic Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL Economy grows by 0.6% (Seasonally adjusted) in the December quarter 2012 (released 6 March 2013) Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/5206.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/5206.0?opendocument#from-banner=HL Upcoming ABS Releases This link is provided for easy access to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Release Advice. The ABS Release Advice is updated daily and contains details of upcoming ABS releases for the following week. http://www.abs.gov.au/weekahead http://www.abs.gov.au/weekahead