Labour Cost Index: (All Labour Costs): June 2009 quarter

From the June 2008 quarter to the June 2009 quarter:

• Surveyed labour costs rose 2.8 percent.
  
• Non-wage labour costs rose 2.6 percent.
  
• Annual leave and statutory holiday costs rose 0.3 percent.
  
• Superannuation costs rose 30.8 percent.
  
• Workplace accident insurance costs fell 2.5 percent.
  
• Other non-wage labour costs (vehicles, medical insurance, and low interest loans) rose 1.7 percent. 
  
• The LCI (all labour costs) indexes have been reweighted. For more information see the commentary section of this release.