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Mind the gap: gender differences in time use narrowing, but slowly

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its first time-use survey in 15 years. The last time it collected such data, in 2006, Apple was yet to release the iPhone and Facebook was a start-up.

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Fewer Australians working a traditional 40-hour week

School principals worked as many hours as surgeons.

The Canberra Times

From Australia’s most youthful industry to a spirits boom: seven work trends from the census

The country’s workforce remains care-driven, data shows, while people are increasingly upskilling – or opening distilleries

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Flight bookings to Japan are already soaring. Which other countries are Australians travelling to? What the latest ABS data tells us

The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals we are about halfway to equalling 2019 international travel figures. So what are the top destinations for which Australians are packing their travel bags?

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Unions warn of public sector exodus from NSW. But where would they go?

The latest ABS figures show Queensland attracted the most people recently, not far off the number who left Victoria and NSW.

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Gym that helped woman lose 7 stone opening new site in Leeds

Absolute Body Solutions are opening a third chain of their gyms in Leeds in 2023

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Revealed: These graphics show how Australians spend their time

Australians are spending more time working and playing than they were 16 years ago, but less time eating and doing unpaid labour like chores.

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One Nation's Mark Latham said just 0.17 per cent of Australians are transgender. Here's what we found.

The One Nation MP used the latest census data to claim transgender people are over-represented in public debate. But a lack of "meaningful data" means the size of Australia's transgender population remains unknown.

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Building approvals rebound after plunge

A sharp bounce in apartment approvals drove a significant increase in dwelling approvals in August, official figures show.

AAP

Murray Watt says the government is providing the largest cost-of-living increase to welfare recipients in 30 years. Is that correct?

Cabinet minister Murray Watt says the government is providing the largest cost-of-living increase to welfare recipients in 30 years. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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When will inflation peak in Australia? More regular data could help us find out

The Bureau of Statistics will publish inflation data on a monthly basis, rather than every three months, to better help economists keep track of how inflation is evolving.

ABC News

Australia’s inflation rate eases slightly to 6.8% in August thanks to modest fuel price rises

Consumer prices rose 7% in the year to July before easing in August, with construction and fruit and vegetables the largest contributors

The Guardian - AU

PM indicates timeframe for Indigenous voice referendum – as it happened

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Annual inflation was 6.8 per cent in August, says Bureau of Statistics

New data show annual inflation was 6.8 per cent in August, down from 7 per cent in July.

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Peter Dutton says the Coalition achieved 'record' defence spending after it fell to the lowest level since 1938 under the previous Labor government. Is that correct?

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the Coalition achieved "a record" defence spending while under the previous Labor government it fell to its lowest level since 1938. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

Crikey

Monthly CPI good for more heat, not so much light, from the frothing commentariat

New monthly CPI figures from the ABS are greater, aren’t they? Maybe not so much…

Newcastle Herald

NSW mining jobs down, Hunter labour market steady

The number of people employed in NSW mining has fallen to levels not seen since 2010, according to ABS data

The Conversation

Half of Western Sydney foodbowl land may have been lost to development in just 10 years

More and more farming land is being lost to other land uses such as housing on the outskirts of our cities. But how much land is being lost? And why does it matter?

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A Complaint To The Human Rights Commission’s Been Lodged About LGBTQI+ Inclusion In The Census

"Our national census should count every one of us properly."

The Guardian - AU

‘Kaison has two mums’: discrimination complaint lodged over lack of census questions on sexuality

Newcastle parent April Long says it was shocking to discover 2021 census asked where their child’s ‘mother and father’ were born

Crikey

Prepare for more big rate rises — our jobs market is on a tear

Our employment market is running hot, even if no one is getting wage rises. And that means there’ll be a lot more interest rate increases to come.

AAP

Human rights fight over census questions

The lack of a census question about sexual orientation and assumptions about family make-up breached human rights, a NSW parent claims.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s unemployment rate rises slightly from 3.4% to 3.5% as more people seek work

Labour market figure will be watched by economists as a guide to Reserve Bank’s decision on whether to further raise interest rates

The Guardian - AU

CEOs of Australia’s top 20 companies given nine times the pay rise of full-time workers

Australia Institute urges 60% income tax on earnings above $1m a year

The Conversation

Women who suffer domestic violence fare much worse financially after separating from their partner: new data

We recently published two reports that highlight the devastating financial consequences borne by women who leave their partners after suffering domestic violence.

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