NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
December 2015	23 June 2016
March 2016	22 September 2016
June 2016	15 December 2016
September 2016	23 March 2017
December 2016	22 June 2017
March 2017	28 September 2017

CHANGES TO RELEASE DATE FOR MIGRATION, AUSTRALIA 2014-15

The release date for Migration, Australia (cat. no. 3412.0) has changed from 25 February 2016 to 30 March 2016 due to unforeseeable circumstances. Any queries can be directed to either Libby O'Toole (libby.o'toole@abs.gov.au) or Neil Scott (neil.scott@abs.gov.au). Please accept our apologies for this rescheduling.


NET OVERSEAS MIGRATION - PROCESSING CHANGES AND DATA UPDATES

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) is progressively rolling out new technologies to streamline and strengthen border operations. Coinciding with the roll-out of Departure SmartGates there has been an increase in outgoing passenger cards not being collected due to passengers failing to place their cards into the drop boxes.

To address recent and previous increases in missing cards the ABS will introduce a new method to the Overseas Arrivals and Departures system to accommodate higher numbers of missing cards. Due to this, NOM and ERP will be revised from June 2013 onwards in the next release of Australian Demographic Statistics (cat.no.3101.0) on 23 June 2016. Revisions should be minimal. For further information see paragraph 16 - 18 of the Explanatory Notes.


REGIONAL INTERNAL MIGRATION ESTIMATES

The ABS has developed a new ongoing series of Regional Internal Migration Estimates (RIME) based on the Australian Statistical Geography Standard, including SA2s and LGAs. Subsets of the RIME series for the period 2006-07 to 2013-14 are currently available on the ABS website in Migration, Australia (cat. no. 3412.0). The next release of RIME for 2014-15 will be available from 30 March 2016 in Migration, Australia (cat. no. 3412.0), along with minor revisions to the 2006-07 to 2013-14 estimates.


RECENT AND UPCOMING RELEASES

Regional Population Growth, Australia 2014-15 (cat. no. 3218.0) - released 30 March 2016.

Migration, Australia (cat.no.3412.0) including RIME data - released 30 March 2016.

For further information on recent and upcoming Demography releases, see Technical Note: Recent and Upcoming Releases.


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