6401.0 - Consumer Price Index, Australia, Mar 2013 Quality Declaration 
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1 ALL GROUPS CPI, Index numbers(a)
Period
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Darwin
Canberra
Weighted average of eight capital cities
2008-09
92.6
92.7
92.5
92.4
92.8
92.6
92.5
93.0
92.6
2009-10
94.8
94.6
95.0
94.4
95.2
95.0
95.4
95.0
94.8
2010-11
97.6
97.7
98.1
97.5
97.9
97.8
97.9
97.6
97.7
2011-12
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
2009
March
92.5
92.6
92.4
92.2
92.5
92.5
92.2
92.9
92.5
June
92.9
92.9
92.9
92.7
93.3
93.0
93.2
93.5
92.9
September
93.9
93.4
94.2
93.7
94.0
94.1
95.0
94.3
93.8
December
94.4
94.0
94.5
94.1
94.5
94.7
94.9
94.7
94.3
2010
March
95.2
95.2
95.2
94.6
95.6
95.4
95.4
95.3
95.2
June
95.6
95.8
95.9
95.3
96.5
95.8
96.2
95.6
95.8
September
96.3
96.3
96.9
96.2
96.9
96.8
97.2
96.3
96.5
December
96.7
96.9
97.4
96.5
97.0
96.9
97.1
96.7
96.9
2011
March
98.2
98.5
98.6
98.1
98.1
98.2
98.2
98.1
98.3
June
99.2
99.2
99.6
99.0
99.4
99.1
99.2
99.2
99.2
September
99.9
99.8
99.9
100.0
99.6
99.9
99.9
99.8
99.8
December
99.8
99.9
99.7
100.0
99.8
100.0
99.5
100.1
99.8
2012
March
99.9
99.9
99.9
99.9
100.0
100.3
99.9
99.7
99.9
June
100.5
100.4
100.5
100.2
100.5
99.9
100.7
100.3
100.4
September
102.2
101.6
101.6
101.7
101.6
100.6
102.0
101.4
101.8
December
102.3
102.0
101.9
102.1
101.9
101.0
102.0
101.8
102.0
2013
March
102.7
102.4
102.0
102.1
102.4
101.3
103.7
101.9
102.4
(a) Unless otherwise specified, reference period of each index: 2011-12 = 100.0.

2 ALL GROUPS CPI, Percentage changes
Period
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Darwin
Canberra
Weighted average of eight capital cities
Percentage Change (from Previous Financial Year)
2008-09
3.0
2.8
3.7
3.1
3.0
2.9
3.4
3.4
3.1
2009-10
2.4
2.0
2.7
2.2
2.6
2.6
3.1
2.2
2.4
2010-11
3.0
3.3
3.3
3.3
2.8
2.9
2.6
2.7
3.1
2011-12
2.5
2.4
1.9
2.6
2.1
2.2
2.1
2.5
2.4
Percentage Change (from Corresponding Quarter of Previous Year)
2009
March
2.4
2.1
3.1
2.3
2.2
2.2
2.9
2.7
2.4
June
1.3
1.2
2.0
1.5
1.4
1.6
2.5
2.1
1.4
September
1.3
0.5
1.9
1.3
1.2
1.7
2.7
1.4
1.2
December
2.2
1.8
2.5
2.1
2.1
2.6
3.0
2.3
2.1
2010
March
2.9
2.8
3.0
2.6
3.4
3.1
3.5
2.6
2.9
June
2.9
3.1
3.2
2.8
3.4
3.0
3.2
2.2
3.1
September
2.6
3.1
2.9
2.7
3.1
2.9
2.3
2.1
2.9
December
2.4
3.1
3.1
2.6
2.6
2.3
2.3
2.1
2.8
2011
March
3.2
3.5
3.6
3.7
2.6
2.9
2.9
2.9
3.3
June
3.8
3.5
3.9
3.9
3.0
3.4
3.1
3.8
3.5
September
3.7
3.6
3.1
4.0
2.8
3.2
2.8
3.6
3.4
December
3.2
3.1
2.4
3.6
2.9
3.2
2.5
3.5
3.0
2012
March
1.7
1.4
1.3
1.8
1.9
2.1
1.7
1.6
1.6
June
1.3
1.2
0.9
1.2
1.1
0.8
1.5
1.1
1.2
September
2.3
1.8
1.7
1.7
2.0
0.7
2.1
1.6
2.0
December
2.5
2.1
2.2
2.1
2.1
1.0
2.5
1.7
2.2
2013
March
2.8
2.5
2.1
2.2
2.4
1.0
3.8
2.2
2.5
Percentage Change (From Previous quarter)
2009
March
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.0
-0.1
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.1
June
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.5
0.9
0.5
1.1
0.6
0.4
September
1.1
0.5
1.4
1.1
0.8
1.2
1.9
0.9
1.0
December
0.5
0.6
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
-0.1
0.4
0.5
2010
March
0.8
1.3
0.7
0.5
1.2
0.7
0.5
0.6
1.0
June
0.4
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.9
0.4
0.8
0.3
0.6
September
0.7
0.5
1.0
0.9
0.4
1.0
1.0
0.7
0.7
December
0.4
0.6
0.5
0.3
0.1
0.1
-0.1
0.4
0.4
2011
March
1.6
1.7
1.2
1.7
1.1
1.3
1.1
1.4
1.4
June
1.0
0.7
1.0
0.9
1.3
0.9
1.0
1.1
0.9
September
0.7
0.6
0.3
1.0
0.2
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.6
December
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.1
-0.4
0.3
0.0
2012
March
0.1
0.0
0.2
-0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
-0.4
0.1
June
0.6
0.5
0.6
0.3
0.5
-0.4
0.8
0.6
0.5
September
1.7
1.2
1.1
1.5
1.1
0.7
1.3
1.1
1.4
December
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.4
0.2
2013
March
0.4
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.5
0.3
1.7
0.1
0.4

3 LONGER TERM SERIES, CPI All Groups, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities, Index Numbers(a)
Quarter ending
Year
31 March
30 June
30 September
31 December
1985
37.9
38.8
39.7
40.5
1986
41.4
42.1
43.2
44.4
1987
45.3
46.0
46.8
47.6
1988
48.4
49.3
50.2
51.2
1989
51.7
53.0
54.2
55.2
1990
56.2
57.1
57.5
59.0
1991
58.9
59.0
59.3
59.9
1992
59.9
59.7
59.8
60.1
1993
60.6
60.8
61.1
61.2
1994
61.5
61.9
62.3
62.8
1995
63.8
64.7
65.5
66.0
1996
66.2
66.7
66.9
67.0
1997
67.1
66.9
66.6
66.8
1998
67.0
67.4
67.5
67.8
1999
67.8
68.1
68.7
69.1
2000
69.7
70.2
72.9
73.1
2001
73.9
74.5
74.7
75.4
2002
76.1
76.6
77.1
77.6
2003
78.6
78.6
79.1
79.5
2004
80.2
80.6
80.9
81.5
2005
82.1
82.6
83.4
83.8
2006
84.5
85.9
86.7
86.6
2007
86.6
87.7
88.3
89.1
2008
90.3
91.6
92.7
92.4
2009
92.5
92.9
93.8
94.3
2010
95.2
95.8
96.5
96.9
2011
98.3
99.2
99.8
99.8
2012
99.9
100.4
101.8
102.0
2013
102.4
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(a) Reference period of each index:2011-12 = 100.0