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 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:24:51 +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 15,500 persons to 11,501,000 in April 2012 (seasonally adjusted) (released 10 May 2012) 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 6.6 million hours to 1,633.9 million hours in April 2012 (seasonally adjusted) (released 10 May 2012) 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 28,800 persons to 598,200 in April 2012 (seasonally adjusted) (released 10 May 2012 ) 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 decreased 0.2 pts to 4.9% in April 2012 (seasonally adjusted) (released 10 May 2012) 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 decreased 0.1 pts to 65.2% in April 2012 (seasonally adjusted) (released 10 May 2012) 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 0.1% in the March quarter 2012; rises 1.6% through the year (released 24 April 2012) 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 22,696,000 persons at 30 September 2011 (released 29 March 2012) 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 2.6% (released 29 March 2012) 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 remains steady at 1.4% (released 29 March 2012) 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 0.4% (seasonally adjusted) in the December quarter 2011 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