Government activities that aim to facilitate a strong institutional framework for the labour market and to promote employment, including: industrial relations regulation in the areas of occupational health and safety, antidiscrimination — advocacy services, worker’s compensation, trading hours, payment for work on public holidays and long service leave. These activities are conducted by workplace relations bodies such as Fair Work Australia labour market assistance services and programs that encourage and assist jobseekers to prepare — for and take up work, through the provision of work placement, job networks, training opportunities and related support services the Australian Government is responsible for the permanent migration program, which immigration — has an economic migration stream. This stream seeks to address existing and emerging skill shortages. A detailed definition of expenditure included under this category is provided in the 2017 Report Expenditure Data Manual (http://www.pc.gov.au/ier2017). Cost drivers The key cost drivers of expenditure on industrial relations are the number of people in general employment. The key cost drivers of expenditure on labour market assistance are the number of people participating in specific employment programs, the program location, and the average level of government support. The key cost drivers of expenditure on immigration are varied and cannot be linked closely with a particular service area or cohort of service users. It is assumed that the costs associated with this expenditure are driven by the population on a uniform basis. Service use measures Data Years 200809 201011 201213 201516 Measure Data source Estimates Estimates Estimates Estimates Employed ABS National Aboriginal and Torres .. .. August August Aboriginal and Strait Islander Social Survey, 2008 2008 2008 Torres Strait (Cat. no. 4714.0) Islander people (industrial relations) Employed ABS Australian Health Survey: 2011-13 .. .. .. Aboriginal and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Torres Strait Results, 201113 (Cat. no. 4363.0) Islander people (industrial relations) (continue next page) (continued)
Government activities that aim to facilitate a strong institutional framework for the labour market and to promote employment, including: industrial relations — regulation in the areas of occupational health and safety, antidiscrimination advocacy services, worker’s compensation, trading hours, payment for work on public holidays and long service leave. These activities are conducted by workplace relations bodies such as Fair Work Australia labour market assistance — services and programs that encourage and assist jobseekers to prepare for and take up work, through the provision of work placement, job networks, training opportunities and related support services immigration — the Australian Government is responsible for the permanent migration program, which has an economic migration stream. This stream seeks to address existing and emerging skill shortages. A detailed definition of expenditure included under this category is provided in the 2017 Report Expenditure Data Manual (http://www.pc.gov.au/ier2017). Cost drivers The key cost drivers of expenditure on industrial relations are the number of people in general employment. The key cost drivers of expenditure on labour market assistance are the number of people participating in specific employment programs, the program location, and the average level of government support. The key cost drivers of expenditure on immigration are varied and cannot be linked closely with a particular service area or cohort of service users. It is assumed that the costs associated with this expenditure are driven by the population on a uniform basis. Service use measures Data Years Measure Data source 200809 Estimates 201011 Estimates 201213 Estimates 201516 Estimates Employed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (industrial relations) ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2008 (Cat. no. 4714.0) August 2008 August 2008 .. .. Employed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (industrial relations) ABS Australian Health Survey: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Results, 201113 (Cat. no. 4363.0) .. .. 2011-13 .. (continue next page) (continued)