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KEY FIGURES

			12 months
	Jul	Aug	ended
	2003	2003	Aug 2003
Number of disputes	62	70	656
Number of employees involved ('000)	r51.2	13.8	166.0
Working days lost ('000)	r43.1	25.7	274.7
Working days lost per thousand employees	. .	. .	34
r revised
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Working days lost

• During August 2003, there were 70 disputes, 8 more than July 2003.

• The number of employees involved in industrial disputes decreased from 51,200 in July 2003 to 13,800 in August 2003.

• There were 25,700 working days lost due to industrial disputation in August 2003, a decrease of 17,400 from July 2003.

• The Construction industry accounted for 9,900 (39%) of the total number of working days lost in August 2003.

• In August 2003, Victoria accounted for 17,100 (67%) of working days lost.

• During the twelve months ended August 2003, there were 656 disputes, 56 less than in the twelve months ended August 2002.

• During the twelve months ended August 2003, there were 274,700 working days lost, 4,800 less than in the twelve months ended August 2002.

• The Coal mining industry had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (400) in the twelve months ended August 2003.

• Victoria had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (53) in the twelve months ended August 2003, followed by Western Australia (51).