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KEY FIGURES

			12 months
	Jun	Jul	ended
	2003	2003	Jul 2003
Number of disputes	r57	62	670
Number of employees involved ('000)	r12.6	51.7	170.0
Working days lost ('000)	r20.5	47.2	270.0
Working days lost per thousand employees	. .	. .	33
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Working days lost

• During July 2003, there were 62 disputes, 5 more than June 2003.

• The number of employees involved in industrial disputes increased from 12,600 in June 2003 to 51,700 in July 2003.

• There were 47,200 working days lost due to industrial disputation in July 2003, an increase of 26,700 from June 2003.

• The Education and Health and community services industries accounted for 11,200 (24%) of the total number of working days lost in July 2003.

• In July 2003, Western Australia accounted for 15,900 (34%) of working days lost.

• During the twelve months ended July 2003, there were 670 disputes, 32 less than in the twelve months ended July 2002.

• During the twelve months ended July 2003, there were 270,000 working days lost, 33,600 less than in the twelve months ended July 2002.

• The Coal mining industry had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (342) in the twelve months ended July 2003.

• Western Australia had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (54) in the twelve months ended July 2003.