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Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

Labour Force: Employment increased by 50,100 persons to 11,663,200 in April 2013 (seasonally adjusted) (released 09 May 2013)

Labour Force: Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 10.9 million hours to 1,643.3 million hours in April 2013 (seasonally adjusted) (released 09 May 2013)

Labour Force: Unemployment decreased by 2,700 persons to 685,300 in April 2013 (seasonally adjusted) (released 09 May 2013 )

Labour Force: Unemployment rate at 5.5% in April 2013 (seasonally adjusted) (released 09 May 2013)

Labour Force: Participation rate increased 0.2 pts to 65.3% in April 2013 (seasonally adjusted) (released 09 May 2013)

Consumer Price Index: increases 0.4% in the March quarter 2013; rises 2.5% through the year (released 24 April 2013)

Population: Australia's estimated resident population reached 22,785,500 persons at 30 September 2012 (released 28 March 2013)

Population: Western Australia continues to have highest population growth rate at 3.4% (released 28 March 2013)

Population: Australia's population growth rate reaches 1.7% (released 28 March 2013)

Economy grows by 0.6% (Seasonally adjusted) in the December quarter 2012 (released 6 March 2013)

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CPI Key Figures
Weighted avg. of eight capital cities % change % change
All groups CPI 0.4 2.5
Food and non-alcoholic beverages -0.8 1.6
Alcohol and tobacco 1.6 3.7
Clothing and footwear -3.9 -1.5
Housing 1.2 5.1
Furnishings, household equipment and services -1.3 0.6
Health 3.0 6.1
Transport 0.5 1.4
Communication 0.0 1.5
Recreation and culture -0.8 -0.5
Education 5.7 5.8
Insurance and financial services 0.7 2.9
CPI analytical series
All groups CPI, seasonally adjusted 0.1 2.5
Trimmed mean 0.3 2.2
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