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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Quarter		Year ended
		September 2009	December 2009	December 2008	December 2009
Number of disputes
	Commenced in period (no.)	66	69	174	233
	Total (no.)	72	81	177	236
Employees involved
	Newly involved ('000)	15.6	25.1	172.6	86.2
	Total ('000)	18.0	27.0	172.9	89.3
Working days lost ('000)		29.1	44.7	196.5	132.7

Working days lost

• For the December quarter 2009, there were 81 disputes, 9 more than in the September quarter 2009.
• The number of employees involved in industrial disputes in the December quarter 2009 was 27,000, an increase from 18,000 in the September quarter 2009.
• There were 44,700 working days lost due to industrial disputation in the December quarter 2009, an increase from 29,100 in the September quarter 2009.
• The Transport, postal and warehousing industry accounted for 15,700 (35%) of the total number of working days lost in the December quarter 2009.
• In the December quarter 2009, New South Wales accounted for 15,100 (34%) of working days lost. Western Australia had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (7.0) for the quarter.

• During the year ended December 2009, there were 236 disputes, 59 more than in the year ended December 2008.
• During the year ended December 2009, there were 132,700 working days lost compared with 196,500 in the year ended December 2008.