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AUSTRALIA: More from the latest ABS household survey: "three in five Australians

aged 18 years and over (61%) had a job working paid hours in mid-June. This was

the first time since early March that the estimated proportion of Australians

who had a job working paid hours rose above 60%. The proportion of people who

reported they had a job but were not working paid hours steadily decreased from

7.6% in early April to 3.5% in mid-June...Of those whose spending had decreased

during COVID-19 restrictions, a majority expect to increase their spending as

restrictions ease on recreation activities (74%); eating out (74%), private

transport (73%), personal care (70%), childcare (66%) and public transport

(55%). More than half (55%) of Australians reported they intend to go on a

domestic holiday once COVID-19 travel restrictions ease. Less than a third (29%)

reported they intend to go on an international holiday... Most working

Australians expected to spend about the same amount of time at their workplace

(53%*) as they did prior to the COVID-19 restrictions, although one in three

expected to spend less time at their workplace (31%)."