Just over half a million (544,600) workers were ready and willing to work more hours in September 2006 according to this ABS report. The vast majority (483,900 or 89%) of underemployed workers were working part-time. They represented 17% of all part-time workers in the labour force. Just over half a million (544,600) workers were ready...

More students are staying in school and class sizes have gone down, but there are also fewer male teachers than there were 20 years ago, according to ABS annual schools census. The survey shows that as at August 2006, nearly three-quarters of all students were staying in school to Year 12; 20 years ago, less...

This ABS information papter identifies the agreed priorities and action for information development in the area of children and youth. The paper also includes a conceptual framework, identifies key issues in the field, lists data currently available and identifies gaps in data.

Provides condensed information about agriculture, balance of payments, building, climate, consumer prices and other price indexes, demography, education, exchange rates, finance, geography, international statistical comparisons, international investment, international merchandise trade, labour force, manufacturing, mining, national accounts, retail trade, tourism, transport, wages, earnings and hours.

The 2004-05 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) is the largest Indigenous health survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The survey collected health-related information from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia. This booklet provides a summary of the main results from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...