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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Quarter		Year ended
		June Quarter 2009	September Quarter 2009	September Quarter 2008	September Quarter 2009
Number of disputes
	Commenced in period (no.)	53	66	169	202
	Total (no.)	58	72	172	207
Employees involved
	Newly involved ('000)	40.2	15.6	135.1	122.2
	Total ('000)	43.9	18.0	135.2	124.0
Working days lost ('000)		47.3	29.1	189.8	119.1

Working days lost

• For the September quarter 2009, there were 72 disputes, 14 more than in the June quarter 2009.
• The number of employees involved in industrial disputes in the September quarter 2009 was 18,000, a decrease from 43,900 in the June quarter 2009.
• There were 29,100 working days lost due to industrial disputation in the September quarter 2009, a decrease from 47,300 in the June quarter 2009.
• The Education and training and Health care and social assistance industries accounted for 8,100 (28%) of the total number of working days lost in the September quarter 2009.
• In the September quarter 2009, New South Wales accounted for 11,200 (38%) of working days lost. Victoria had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (4.2) for the quarter, followed closely by New South Wales (3.8).

• During the year ended September 2009, there were 207 disputes, 35 more than in the year ended September 2008.
• During the year ended September 2009, there were 119,100 working days lost compared with 189,800 in the year ended September 2008.