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09 August 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics Household Goods drive Retail Trade up 0.2% in June 2010 Victor P Taffa The latest ABS Retail Trade figures show that retail sales increased 0.2% in June, seasonally adjusted, compared with an increase of 0.2% the previous month. Household Goods Retailing (1.3%) recorded the largest seasonally adjusted increase in June followed by Department Stores (0.6%), [...]
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28 July 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics Over Three Quarters of SA Children Have Access to the Internet: ABS Victor P Taffa Over three quarters (79%) of SA children have access to the internet, 69% of these children had access at home and 71% had access at school, according to a report released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Less [...]
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28 July 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS CPI June Quarter 2010 Up 0.6% Victor P Taffa The ABS Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in the June quarter 2010, compared with a rise of 0.9% in the March quarter 2010. The most significant price rises this quarter were for tobacco (+15.4%), hospital and medical services (+3.8%), automotive fuel (+2.1%), rents (+1.1%) and [...]
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26 July 2010
South Australia Shadow Treasurer Iain Evans Foley changes story on new savings target Victor P Taffa What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday 20 July the Opposition asked Treasurer Foley: “On April 6th this year, did Cabinet agree to additional budget savings measures of $1.3 Billion over the forward estimates?” “This question was based on leaked documents that indicated [...]
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26 July 2010
South Australia Shadow Minister for Employment David Pisoni More jobs doom for South Australia Victor P Taffa News that BHP will be moving more than 150 jobs out of Adelaide is another blow to the Rann Government’s economic credentials that comes on top of 1000 jobs that have already been lost in the mining industry since the [...]
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22 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Commerce Bill Marmion $1.18 Million Recovered in Unpaid Entitlements Victor P Taffa The State Government has recovered $1.18 Million in unpaid worker entitlements in the last financial year. The Department of Commerce’s Labour Relations Division identified the majority of the underpayments ($816,000) during 493 investigations into employee complaints that they had not been paid correctly [...]
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20 July 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics MARCH KEY POINTS Victor P Taffa VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES TOTAL BUILDING The trend estimate of the value of total building work done rose 4.1% in the March 2010 quarter. The seasonally adjusted March quarter estimate of the value of total building work done rose 5.2%, to $20,055.3m, following a rise of 4.7% in [...]
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20 July 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics MAY KEY POINTS Victor P Taffa MAY 2010 COMPARED WITH APRIL 2010: HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased 1.4% in trend terms and the seasonally adjusted series decreased 0.3%. PERSONAL FINANCE The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments decreased 0.6%. Revolving [...]
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16 July 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics MAY KEY POINTS Victor P Taffa VALUE OF DWELLING COMMITMENTS May 2010 compared with April 2010: In trend terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased 0.5%. Owner occupied housing commitments fell 1.4%, while investment housing commitments increased 1.0%. In seasonally adjusted terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations [...]
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11 July 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics Australia’s unemployment rate at 5.1 % in June 2010 (seasonally adjusted): ABS Victor P Taffa The Australian unemployment rate remained steady at 5.1 % in June, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced today. The ABS reported the number of people employed increased by 45,900 people to 11.100 million, seasonally adjusted, in June. The rise in employment [...]
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