Contains estimates of employed and unemployed persons classified by sex, full-time/part-time status, states and territories and some age groups; and persons not in the labour force. Key points Trend Estimates (Monthly Change) Employment increased to 11,767,200. Unemployment decreased to 753,800. Unemployment rate remained steady at 6.0%. Participation rate remained steady at 64.8%. Aggregate monthly hours...

As part of its research for this paper, the Commission has developed a model - referred to as the Productivity Commission Retirement Model (PCRM) - to assess the effects of increasing the preservation age. Modelling supplementary papers are also available.

This report, the State of Australian Cities 2014-2015 - 2015 provides evidence regarding progress in Australia’s cities – how they contribute to the nation and which cities, and parts of cities, are progressing.

In this white paper the Federal Government sets out the environment needed to drive better returns for farmers, increase investment, job creation, stronger regional communities and economic growth.

The National Program for Excellence in the Arts announced in the 2015-16 Budget will commence in early 2015-16. The draft guidelines for the Program have been released for public comment. Feedback is invited from the arts sector and broader community. INTRODUCTION The National Program for Excellence in the Arts (the Program) is administered by the...