This publication contains results from all ISPs operating in Australia with over 10,000 active subscribers as at 31 March 2007. Growth from September 2006 to March 2007 may be due to the movement of subscribers from smaller ISPs. The Internet Activity Survey (IAS) collects details on aspects of Internet access services provided by Internet Service...

Australia's low income households received more cash benefits from the government than higher income households, while indirect benefits (provided in kind) were more evenly distributed, according to this ABS study. During 2003-04, more than a quarter (27%) of government benefits went to people in the 20% of households in the low income group. These people...

The majority (85%) of Australia's 1,187 discrete Indigenous communities were in very remote localities, according to the ABS 2006 Community Housing and Infrastructure Needs Survey (CHINS) released April 17, 2007. Almost three-quarters (73%) of discrete Indigenous communities reported a population of less than 50 people. Other aspects of the study report on access to infrastructure...

The trend estimate of the balance on goods and services in March 2007 was a deficit of $1,172m, an increase of $13m on the deficit in February. This report provides estimates for 15 months of the major aggregates for, and the balance on, international trade in goods and services (balance of payments basis) in both...

This publication presents results for the 2005-06 Tourism Marketing Expenditure Survey with comparisons to the 2003-04 survey. The objective of the survey was to provide broad information about the level of expenditure by Australian private sector businesses on the marketing of Australian tourism domestically and internationally. Expenditure on the marketing of outbound tourism was excluded...