The Living Cost Indexes (LCIs) recorded rises between 1.1% and 1.9% in the September 2026 quarter. Transport, Housing and Insurance and financial services were the main positive contributors across ...

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The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7 per cent in September, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Sean Crick, ABS head of labour statistics, said: ...

“Hours worked rose by 14 million hours in August after falling by the same amount in July. This is partly due to having more employed people working zero hours last month compared to usual July months ...

rose 1.1% month-on-month on a current price, seasonally adjusted basis. rose 7.0% compared with July 2025.

“There were 12 million less hours worked this month, with those employed full-time working 7 million less hours, and those employed part-time working 5 million less hours”, Mr Crick said. New South ...

Annual wage growth in the public sector outpaced growth in the private sector for the sixth quarter in a row. “Rises paid to state government public service jobs were the main driver of public sector ...

Short-term visitor arrivals to Australia rose by 8 per cent over 2025-26 to 9.1 million. While visits to Australia have risen for the 5th year in a row, they are still 3 per cent lower than the peak ...

There were 118,804 marriages in 2025 – that’s 2,040 less than last year. In addition, the marriage rate dropped to 5.3 in 2025, down from 5.5 in 2024. The marriage rate measures the number of ...

The ABS is modernising how it collects data in the Labour Force Survey, including moving to new systems and further developing our suite of Labour Force products. “The transition to our new system ...