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The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.8 per cent in the 12 months to July 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are at heightened risk of more severe outcomes from acute respiratory diseases. There are several reasons for this, including higher rates of ...
Counts of actively trading businesses, rates of entry to and exit from the market sector of the economy, and rates of business survival ...
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Living Cost Indexes (LCIs) measures the price change of goods and services and its effect on living expenses of selected household types ...
Enhancements to the Monthly Household Spending Indicator (MHSI) have enabled the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to cease the long-standing Retail Trade publication on 31 July 2025. These ...
Household spending rose 0.5 per cent in June, according to seasonally adjusted figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This follows a 1.0 per cent rise in May and a flat ...
Labour participation potential, underemployment and job attachment, job search experience, labour mobility, hours worked, industry and occupation.
In the 2021 Census, 89,000 people identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin (INGP) in WA, making up 3.3% of the population. This was an increase from 76,000 counted in ...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) produces two key measures of underlying inflation – the Trimmed mean and the Weighted median. These measures, also known as ‘core’ inflation, provide an ...
Michelle Marquardt, ABS head of prices statistics said: ‘Annual wage growth ticked up for the first time since the June quarter 2024. The 3.4 per cent increase in wages for the year to the March ...