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JUNE KEY FIGURES

		Quarter		Year ended
		March 2008	June 2008	June 2007	June 2008
Number of disputes
	Commenced in period (no.)	36	52	140	162
	Total (no.)	39	60	144	166
Employees involved
	Newly involved ('000)	42.0	59.9	73.1	130.7
	Total ('000)	42.3	69.0	73.4	131.3
Working days lost ('000)		42.8	86.5	88.4	164.9

Working days lost

• For the June quarter 2008, there were 60 disputes, 21 more than in the March quarter 2008.
• The number of employees involved in industrial disputes in the June quarter 2008 was 69,000, an increase from 42,300 in the March quarter 2008.
• There were 86,500 working days lost due to industrial disputation in the June quarter 2008, an increase from 42,800 in the March quarter 2008.
• The Education and Health and community services industries accounted for 65,600 (76%) of the total number of working days lost in the June quarter 2008. The Education and Health and community services industries also had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (35.8) for the quarter.
• In the June quarter 2008, New South Wales accounted for 51,200 (59%) of working days lost. Northern Territory had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (28.0) for the quarter.

• During the year ended June 2008, there were 166 disputes, 22 more than in the year ended June 2007.
• During the year ended June 2008, there were 164,900 working days lost compared with 88,400 in the year ended June 2007.