6454.0 - Information Paper: Introduction of the 13th Series Australian Consumer Price Index, 1998  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/09/1998   
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PREFACE

In Information Paper: Outcome of the 13th Series Australian Consumer Price Index Review (Cat. no. 6453.0), released on 12 November 1997, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) announced decisions that had been taken on the 13th series review of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Such reviews are undertaken regularly and are used to update item weights, as well as providing an opportunity to reassess the scope and coverage of the index and other methodological issues.

Since the release of that information paper, the ABS has been working on implementation of the decisions, which will be incorporated into the September quarter 1998 CPI, to be released on 28 October 1998 in Consumer Price Index (Cat. no. 6401.0).

The present information paper summarises the major changes that arise with the 13th series CPI, including providing details of the new item weights and the revised publication format.

Readers requiring further information should contact:

Mr Keith Woolford
Director
Prices Development Section
Australian Bureau of Statistics
PO Box 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616


Telephone: (02) 6252 6673
Facsimile: (02) 6252 8555


email: keith.woolford@abs.gov.au