Monthly Statistical Bulletin
3.5 Labour productivity
Quarter	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Labour productivity index (a) (b)
September	97.4	97.8	98.9	100.8	101.0
December	96.8	99.0	100.4	101.1
March	95.7	100.6	100.7	101.8
June	97.2	99.6	99.9	101.4
Annual	96.8	99.3	100.0	101.3
Quarterly change (a) – per cent
September	-0.2	0.6	-0.7	0.9	-0.4
December	-0.6	1.2	1.5	0.3
March	-1.1	1.6	0.3	0.7
June	1.6	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4
Annual change (a) – per cent
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September	2.5	0.4	1.1	1.9	0.2
December	0.2	2.3	1.4	0.7
March	-1.8	5.1	0.1	1.1
June	-0.4	2.5	0.3	1.5
Annual	0.1	2.6	0.7	1.3
(a) Quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted.
(b) Reference year for index is 2006–07 = 100.0.
Source: ABS, Australian national accounts: national income, expenditure and product,
Cat. no. 5206.0
								Update
								4 March 2009