Police proceeded against 295,600 alleged offenders during 2007-08, according to the first release of recorded crime offender statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This publication is the first release of statistics relating to the number of alleged offenders aged 10 years and over who were proceeded against by police during 2007-08. Data comes...

This publication contains estimates of Australian public funding for arts and cultural activities, facilities and services across the three levels of government for 2007-08.

Using data collected in the Survey of Income and Housing, this publication provides indicators of the level and distribution of after-tax (or disposable) household income, after adjusting for household size and composition. The estimates of disposable income in this publication are derived by deducting estimates of income tax liability, the Medicare levy and Medicare levy...

Taking a snapshot of Australian society, Australian Social Trends, features articles about transitions in people's living arrangements, as well as how they work and student achievements in maths and science.

Australia's total energy use has increased by 15% over the last six years, according to this report. Manufacturing, along with the electricity, gas and water industries were the largest domestic energy users (around one-third each), while households made up a further 12 per cent. Over half of household energy use was on fuels such as...