Average Weekly Ordinary Times Earnings
Year	March Qtr	June Qtr	September Qtr	December Qtr
2009	1183.4	1195.6	1204.2	1226.8
2008	1124.8	1131.1	1151.4	1165.3
2007	1073.8	1090.0	1105.1	1108.5
2006	1037.5	1041.6	1053.0	1058.6
2005	992.9	1006.7	1023.2	1025.7
2004	947.8	949.5	962.9	976.4
2003	900.4	921.0	929.6	938.4
2002	860.5	866.8	879.4	889.6
2001	810.6	824.1	838.5	848.7
2000	774.8	784.2	796.1	800.4
1999	743.8	747.3	753.0	764.2
1998	721.3	725.2	735.4	742.7
1997	696.1	697.6	704.3	710.9
1996	665.8	671.2	674.6	685.5
1995	639.9	647.2	653.1	661.0
1994	612.3	616.9	620.0	629.9
1993	595.5	598.0	600.8	603.5
1992	588.8	587.3	585.7	586.9
1991	564.3	560.2	567.5	580.1
1990	524.8	534.5	541.7	554.4
1989	493.4	501.4	509.7	516.8
1988	458.8	465.6	470.1	484.5
1987	429.6	435.6	446.0	450.0
1986	404.9	408.3	419.8	428.4
1985	378.0	383.1	388.8	397.1
1984	353.6	364.9	369.4	375.2
1983	335.2	336.5	339.8	351.7
1982	293.5	306.0	317.7	331.5
1981	270.7	295.1	304.0	285.2
1980	245.7	256.7	268.1	289.1
1979	222.7	232.8	238.3	248.0
1978	205.2	215.5	218.9	229.1
1977	182.9	198.7	203.9	213.6
1976	165.3	180.7	184.7	195.5
1975	143.8	156.4	157.1	172.4
1974	105.6	119.9	129.0	143.9
1973	90.8	100.8	103.1	112.2
1972	83.4	90.6	90.5	97.3
1971	76.4	83.7	84.3	89.9

* Private and Public sectors, full time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (AUD) - Original Data

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2008, Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (ABS Cat. No. 6302.0), Series ID A594104J

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2008, Table 3. Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (Dollars) - Original,
6302.0 - Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, May 2008, viewed 25 September 2008, http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/6302.0May%202008?OpenDocument

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