This report provides a summary of measures which relate to the fourteen headline dimensions of progress presented in the Bureau's Measures of Australia's Progress (MAP) project. It presents the headline indicators (where a headline indicator is available) at the national level, and a brief discussion about the measure and associated trends.

Marriages continue to increase in 2007. Over 116,000 marriages were registered in Australia during 2007, according to new figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).Over 116,000 marriages were registered in Australia during 2007, according to new figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is the highest number of...

This paper argues for an accounting approach that brings greater discipline to the organisation of environmental data and their integration with economic and social data.There is a wide variety of environmental information produced in Australia for a diverse range of purposes. The scope and definition of environmental accounting in Australia is also quite broad and...

The preliminary estimated resident population (ERP) of Australia at 31 March 2008 was 21,283,000 persons, an increase of 336,800 since 31 March 2007 and 102,000 persons since 31 December 2007. The increase for the year ended 31 March 2008 is the largest recorded for a 12 month period since the ERP concept was introduced in...

At the end of June quarter 2008, there were 7.23 million subscribers to the internet in Australia. The number of non dial-up subscribers recorded at the end of June 2008 was 5.66 million, or 78 per cent of all internet connections, compared with dial-up subscribers of 1.57 million. The total volume data downloaded in the...