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Miners pushing Australian growth – ABS

in driving Australia’s economic growth of 1.1% in the 2016 December quarter, the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (Appea) has said.

The ABS on Wednesday reported that growth was recorded in 15 out of 20 industries, with the strongest growth was observed in mining, agriculture, forestry and fishing, and professional scientific and technical services, each industry contributed 0.2 percentage points to gross domestic product (GDP) growth.