On 11 April 2011, the Minister for Defence Stephen Smith announced that an external law firm would be engaged by the Secretary of Defence to review allegations of sexual or other forms of abuse that have been drawn to the attention of the Minister’s office, as well as to the Department of Defence and the...

This paper provides summary results of the monthly Labour Force Survey containing 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. Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 5.2 per cent in February. The number of...

This most recent ABS publication presents a detailed report of Australia's quarterly national accounts showing both current price estimates and chain volume measures in original, seasonally adjusted and trend terms. State details for components of state final demand are also included.

This paper traces the evolution of Australia's apprenticeship system from European settlement in 1788 to the present day. It complements an earlier NCVER paper by Ray (2001), which concentrated on the second half of the 20th century. ----------------------------------------------- Note: to access full publication it is necessary to register (for free) with NCVER. Image: InterContinental Hong...

The number of underemployed workers is an important component of underutilised labour resources in the economy, along with the number of unemployed and some people with marginal attachment to the labour force. This publication presents information about underemployed workers. The number of underemployed workers is an important component of underutilised labour resources in the economy...