Economic data at risk from budget cuts: ABS

Crucial data about the nation’s economy, jobs market and population may not be produced if the Australian Bureau of Statistics continues to lose funding, the authority’s leader has warned.

SA unemployment rate rises

South Australia’s unemployment rate increased last month from 5.7 to 5.9 per cent, with 4700 fewer people now working than a month ago, in seasonally adjusted terms.

An error message on the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing website in August 2016. The Census website sustained four "malicious" targeted attacks by foreign hackers before being shut down. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)

Time is money: SA man loses bid to bill govt for filling out Census

A busy Adelaide small businessman has lost an unlikely battle in the Supreme Court after he refused to fill in the Census unless the Australian Bureau of Statistics paid him $50 to cover his time.

December inflation to remain tepid but no rates cut forecast

Australia’s inflation should remain soft in the December quarter, but that’s unlikely to sway the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates.

SA's jobless rate falls, but still highest in country

Thousands of jobs around the state are waiting to be filled as South Australia continues to record the highest unemployment rate in the country, despite a slight fall for December.

SA records nation's largest drop in unemployment

South Australia and New South Wales have recorded the nation’s highest drops in unemployment in November.

Faint hope offered for SA jobless rate

Predictions of a slight rise in today’s national employment rate for November come as University of Adelaide analysis suggests SA’s jobless prognosis is not quite as ominous as expected.

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