The Latest Breaking News from the Australian Bureau of Statistics

One in three young people are drinking excessively, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed, as a report shines a light onto Australia's drinking culture.

Despite a higher-than-expected 61,000 jobs being added to the economy in November, the jobless rate lifted to 3.9 per cent.

Today’s figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show inflation fell in the September quarter for the third consecutive quarter.

Unemployment rate was 3.6% in September compared with reported 3.7% in August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics says

Check what is likely in and what may be out of the next Census.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released Census data estimating more than one in five people experiencing homelessness identifies as Indigenous.

In 2008 Australia’s federal, state and territory governments set the goal of halving the employment gap between First Nations Australians and others within a decade. That required, by 2018, lifting the employment rate for First Nations Australians from 48% to 60%, with the rate for other Australians being 72%.

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A Mildura mum says she has turned to Afterpay to cover medication for her disabled son while another woman says she would rather go without medicine than pay on credit.