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KEY FIGURES

			12 months
	Sep	Oct	ended
	2003	2003	Oct 2003
Number of disputes	r81	75	655
Number of employees involved ('000)	r83.8	72.5	260.2
Working days lost ('000)	r96.9	76.5	409.4
Working days lost per thousand employees	. .	. .	50
r revised
. . not applicable

Working days lost

• During October 2003, there were 75 disputes, 6 less than September 2003.

• The number of employees involved in industrial disputes decreased from 83,800 in September 2003 to 72,500 in October 2003.

• There were 76,500 working days lost due to industrial disputation in October 2003, a decrease of 20,400 from September 2003.

• The Education and Health and community services industries accounted for 27,300 (36%) of the total number of working days lost in October 2003. Most of these working days lost resulted from industrial disputation involving employees of tertiary education institutions in all states and territories.

• In October 2003, Western Australia accounted for 24,300 (32%) of working days lost.

• During the twelve months ended October 2003, there were 655 disputes, 99 less than in the twelve months ended October 2002.

• During the twelve months ended October 2003, there were 409,400 working days lost, 147,700 more than in the twelve months ended October 2002.

• The Coal mining industry had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (382 ) in the twelve months ended October 2003.

• Western Australia had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (83) in the twelve months ended October 2003, followed by Victoria (69).