This release presents detailed indicators, as collected by the 2011-12 Business Characteristics Survey (BCS), on the incidence of business use of information technology and associated activities, such as internet commerce, in Australia. There are two components to this release: web based information and data cubes. The data cubes contain the detailed data that underpins the...

Summary This report describes trends in the occurrence of injuries requiring hospitalisation in Australia from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2011. The annual number of cases rose from about 327,000 to 438,000 during this period. Injuries in 2010-11 Overall, injuries were more common among males (249,455 cases) compared with females (188,921 cases). Case numbers...

This paper provides the technical specifications for the 31 key national indicators under the 2012-15 action plan of the National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2009-2020 (the 'National Framework'). These specifications will guide the reporting of these indicators in the National Framework annual report to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) from the 2012-13 edition...

Introduction Online retail trade is a current topic of discussion within the Australian community. Interest centres on the size and growth of online retail trade as well as its performance relative to traditional store-based retail trade. This information paper explains where online retail trade activity is currently included in ABS macroeconomic statistics and describes enhancements...

This report presents the results of an inquiry into the impacts on health of air quality in Australia, and makes several recommendations.