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Even though the shift towards part-time employment has actually been happening for many years, it now appears to be slowing.
The largest increases in Australia’s prison numbers have been in remand, Indigenous and women prisoners.
Total meat consumption per capita in Australia has been stable since the 1960s but the type of meat consumed has changed significantly. Chicken and pork both now far outstrip beef, mutton and lamb.
Of the 22,713 weight loss operations performed in 2014-15, about 90% were performed in private hospitals, highlighting the difficulty in accessing this type of surgery through the public system.
The proportion of population who use legal and illegal drugs has remained stable or trended down. Fewer young people are using, but the proportion of older people using drugs and alcohol has grown.
About 84% of cranes in Australia are used on residential sites, with commercial projects making up 5% of crane activity. Health, education, infrastructure and recreation projects make up the rest.
ABS figures show that Australia’s appetite for faster broadband is growing apace.
When you look at the data (in three charts) on mortgage stress, the systemic risk of people not being able to repay their home loans appears small.
Melbourne is Australia’s most rapidly growing city, a title it wrested from Perth around 2013-14. Several of Australia’s big cities are growing well above the national average population growth rate.
Estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest that the number of direct full-time equivalent jobs in renewable energy activities has continued to fall from its 2011-12 peak.
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Deputy Program Director, Migration and Labour Markets, Grattan Institute
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor of Health Equity, Stretton Health Equity, School of Public Health, Adelaide University
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Senior Research Fellow in Health Equity, Flinders University
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Director, Australian Council for Educational Research
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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ADVC Research College of Business and Law, RMIT University
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University