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| Friday 10 October 2008 |
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| 1406.0.55.004 | Managing ABS Confidential Unit Record Files (CURFs): A Step by Step Guide (Additional Material) | |
| Additional material will be added to this publication that were not available at the time of release. This material consists of; Glossary and Consultants - Role and Steps for applying for CURFs | |
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| 8301.0.55.003 | Manufacturing Production, Monthly, August 2008 | |
| Provides final estimates for monthly production of pre-mixed concrete, plasterboard and waterheaters. | |
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| Monday 13 October 2008 |
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| 5671.0 | Lending Finance, Australia, August 2008 | |
| Contains time series data on the value of monthly commitments for secured housing finance, other personal finance, commercial and lease finance. Includes summary tables of personal and commercial finance commitments under fixed and revolving credit facilities, the value of goods under finance lease commitments, and the value of personal, commercial and lease finance commitments by purpose. Also included are thematic tables on the financing of housing, motor vehicles and plant and equipment. | |
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| 8752.0 | Building Activity, Australia, June 2008 | |
| Presents building activity statistics, for each state and territory, and for private and public sectors for Australia. Includes number of dwelling units commenced and completed and value of building work commenced, completed, done and yet to be done, all by state and territory. Information is provided for new residential buildings (houses and other residential), alterations and additions to residential buildings and non-residential buildings by type of building (e.g. offices, warehouses, accommodation, etc.). In addition, many series are shown in seasonally adjusted and trend terms, while the value of building work commenced and done is also shown in chain volume measures terms. It includes more comprehensive and updated information to that contained in cat. nos. 8755.0 and 8750.0. | |
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| 8782.0.65.001 | Construction Activity: Chain Volume Measures, Australia, June 2008 | |
| General measure of activity within the building and construction sector, and Implicit Price Deflators. Besides sector total, the figures are broken into private and public sector construction; and into residential and non-residential building, total building, engineering construction, and non-residential construction. Data are provided on both an original and seasonally adjusted basis. | |
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| Tuesday 14 October 2008 |
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| 1100.2 | Statistics Victoria, September 2008 | |
| Statistics Victoria is a quarterly newsletter primarily targetted to Victorian state and local government users providing information about new developments, recent statistical releases, seminars, training and reviews. | |
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| 1304.6 | Tasmanian Key Indicators, September 2008 | |
| Tasmanian Key Indicators is a web-based product containing the latest social and economic summary data on Tasmania, including labour force, wages and prices, tourism, finance, consumption and investment, state accounts, population, living arrangements, mortality, education and health. It is released on a monthly basis. Tasmanian Key Indicators features links to source publications on the ABS website to enable readers to explore particular topics in more detail. The data is also presented in an Excel spreadsheet in the Details tab. Replaces: Tasmanian Statistical Indicators (cat. no. 1303.6). | |
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| 4448.0 | A Profile of Carers in Australia, 2008 | |
| First Issue | A Profile of Carers in Australia provides an overview of the characteristics and activities of people who provide informal assistance to someone with a disability, long-term health condition or to older people (aged 60 years and over). Information was drawn from the 2006 Census of Population and Housing and from three ABS surveys: the 2003 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC); the 2006 General Social Survey (GSS) and the 2006 Time Use Survey (TUS). To help readers understand the differences between the data sources, the collection methodology and output from the different surveys and the Census are examined in a technical Appendix. | |
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| 8104.0 | Research and Experimental Development, Businesses, Australia, 2006-07 | |
| Expenditure and human resources devoted to research and experimental development (R&D) carried out by businesses in Australia, classified by industry, type of expenditure, source of funds, type of employee, enterprise employment size, research field, socioeconomic objective and location of expenditure. Most data are expressed in current prices but key aggregates are also expressed in volume terms. | |
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| Wednesday 15 October 2008 |
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| 1364.0.15.001 | Treasury Model of the Australian Economy -- TSP Version, June 2008 | |
| The Treasury Macro-economic (TRYM) model of the Australian economy has been developed and is used within the Commonwealth Treasury of Australia. The TRYM model was designed to assist in policy analysis and forecasting at the macro-economic level. The result is a model that is ideal for understanding the workings of the Australian economy and for economic research and analysis. The database is separately available as part of the Modellers' Database (cat. no. 1364.0.15.003). The TSP version of TRYM allows users to access individual equations and comes with a user guide for using TRYM in TSP. Users will need a copy of TSP Version 5.0 to run this version of the Model. To subscribe to the TRYM modle phone the Database Manager (02) 6252 7037. | |
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| 1364.0.15.003 | Modellers' Database, June 2008 | |
| The Modellers' Database consists of 410 quarterly times series constructed from the NIF and TRYM econometric models. They are useful to economists, econometricians, financial analysts and students. The database covers national accounts, banking and investment, price indexes, interest rates, world data, population and labour statistics and wage and tax rates. Some of the time series are published elsewhere by ABS while others are specifically constructed for the TRYM and NIF models. For most series the data span is between 45 and 50 years. | |
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| 7123.5.55.001 | Agricultural State Profile, Western Australia, 2006-07 | |
| An overview of the agricultural industry in Western Australia. Ideal for school students' project work. Covers farm numbers, agricultural production and the state's agricultural contribution to the economy. Includes mapped data, historical data from 1861 and data provided at the Statistical Division level. | |
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| Thursday 16 October 2008 |
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| 6224.0.55.001 | Labour Force, Australia: Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Families, September 2008 | |
| The monthly datacubes contain detailed information about labour force status and other characteristics of families using original data collected in the Labour Force Survey. | |
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| 6291.0.55.001 | Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery, September 2008 | |
| A range of Excel spreadsheets and SuperTABLE datacubes. The monthly spreadsheets contain broad level data covering all the major items of the Labour Force Survey in time series format, including seasonally adjusted and trend estimates. The monthly datacubes contain more detailed and cross classified original data than the spreadsheets. | |
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| 6298.0.55.001 | Labour Force Survey Standard Errors, Data Cube, September 2008 | |
| This spreadsheet allows the calculation of standard errors for estimates from the monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS). The spreadsheet now has two new worksheets which can be used to calculate the standard errors for the new family estimates produced from the LFS. For information on those estimates refer to the paper Improvements to Family Estimates from the Labour Force Survey, 2008 (cat. no. 6224.0.55.002). The paper Labour Force Survey Standard Errors, 2005 (cat. no. 6298.0) provides useful information on how to use this spreadsheet. This paper will be revised at a later date. | |
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| 8301.0.55.002 | Pre-mixed Concrete Production, Preliminary, September 2008 | |
| Provides preliminary estimates for monthly estimates of pre-mixed concrete production for all the capital cities. | |
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| Friday 17 October 2008 |
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| 1001.0 | Australian Bureau of Statistics -- Annual Report, 2007-08 | |
| Reports on the operations of the Australian Bureau of Statistics. | |
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| 1002.0 | Australian Statistics Advisory Council - Annual Report, 2007-08 | |
| Outlines the functions and activities of the Australian Statistics Advisory Council. | |
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| 4156.0.55.001 | Perspectives on Sport, October 2008 | |
| First Issue | Issues and debates relating to sport and sporting programs are common place within the Australian politcal and media landscape. The National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics (NCCRS), through the 'Perspectives on Sport' series attempts to provide informed commentary to assist those interested in these major issues. | |
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| 6457.0 | International Trade Price Indexes, Australia, September 2008 | |
| Contains indexes measuring changes in the prices of imports of merchandise that are landed in Australia each quarter (the Import Price Index), and exports of merchandise that are shipped from Australia each quarter (the Export Price Index). | |
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