LAFHA - Living Away From Home Allowance

The Living Away from Home Allowance is one of the most popular searched terms for workers on the 457

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Average Hourly Wage rates rise by 2.96% from June 2009 to June 2010

According to the ABS 6345.0 - Labour Price Index, the increase in the trend wage index through the year to

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Unemployment Rate May

The following charts show the Australian Unemployment Rates for May in each year between 1978 to 2010.

Each chart shows an

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Average Wage in Australia

Average Wages from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, for Male Full Time Total Earnings, on a seasonally adjusted basis:

Qtr
Ave Weekly

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Hayes Salary Guide in Australia

There is an excellent source of Average salary guides for specific occupations produced in Australia, for various professions, but especially the Accounting profession.

This is

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Average Working Week Australia and UK

The average Australian full time worker does 4.3% more hours per week than those in the United Kingdom.

When moving from

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Minimum Wage Australia and UK

In Australia, the Federal government revises the national Minimum wage every year.

The resulting figure becomes the minimum wage in any

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Paid Paternity Leave in Australia

Paid Parental Leave may become available from January 2011 in Australia.

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Retirement Pension

The Australian Retirement pension consists of two possible parts:

The Government Aged Pension Benefit, paid by Centrelink (the welfare

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Unemployment in Australia

Australian Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment rates, for Full Time Workers:

Males
Females

Apr-2009
5.31%
6.01%

May-2009
5.88%
6.28%

Jun-2009
5.96%
6.47%

Jul-2009
6.03%
6.28%

Aug-2009
5.75%
6.54%

Sep-2009
5.72%
6.78%

Oct-2009
5.83%
6.60%

Nov-2009
5.63%
6.48%

Dec-2009
5.42%
6.23%

Jan-2010
4.97%
6.28%

Feb-2010
5.17%
6.10%

Mar-2010
5.08%
6.11%

Apr-2010
5.13%
6.21%

May-2010
4.99%
5.95%

A chart showing how the unemployment rate for Males looking for Full

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