These statistics describe the characteristics of Federal defendants with finalised offences, including information about their offences and sentence outcomes. Provides comparable data showing the number of defendants with Federal offences dealt with by the Higher (Supreme and Intermediate), Magistrates' and Children's criminal courts for all states and territories except Tasmania. Details are provided on the...

Based on first day of the month averages, for the March quarter 2012 there were 29,226 persons in full-time custody and 53,763 persons in community-based corrections. This comprises an increase of 822 persons (3%) in full-time custody from the March quarter 2011, and a decrease of 994 persons (2%) in community-based corrections for the same...

The latest podcast from the Australian Bureau of Statistics looks at trends in marriage, de facto relationships and divorce between 1990 and 2010, as well as the effect of these trends on the family. Families are the building blocks of society, facilitating generational renewal, human interaction, and linking individuals to wider society as a whole...

This publication presents national crime statistics relating to victims of a selected range of offences that have been recorded by state and territory police agencies.

This report presents the latest statistics on the Australian labour force male and female workforce ratios. TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE) Employment increased to 11,517,000. Unemployment decreased to 615,800 from a revised April 2012 estimate. Unemployment rate was steady at 5.1%. Participation rate steady at 65.3% from a revised April 2012 rate. Aggregate monthly hours worked...