9 Oct 2014:
A professor of statistics at Monash University explains exactly what is seasonal adjustment, why it matters and what went wrong in the July and August figures
8 Oct 2014:
Bureau of Statistics to launch review into seasonally adjusted employment data that recorded largest swing in employment figures since records began in 1978
22 Sep 2014:
Building industry employment grew by 2.8% in the past year, and has been contributing more to growth of Australia’s employment than mining
17 Sep 2014: Robert Carr: Getting to the bottom of underemployment means spotting where casualisation has created conditions in which employers can take advantage of workers’ desperation
15 Sep 2014:
Surprisingly good news on employment this month was tempered by economists’ suspicion about the veracity of the data and rising underemployment, writes Greg Jericho