Dun & Bradstreet's Trade Exchange Program  provides analysis on more than five million accounts receivable updates within Australia each year to provide trend data on Australian business-to-business payment patterns.

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The latest analysis shows (June quarter):

• The Electricity, Gas and Sanitary Services sector is slowest to pay at 58.7
  days, following an increase of more than three days on the same period
  last year
• Businesses with 500+ employees continue to be the worst payers,
  averaging double the standard term (60.7 days) to settle accounts
• Private companies took 60.9 days to settle accounts in the June 2008
  quarter, up 5.4 days on the March 2008 quarter
• NSW has been joined by Victoria as the slowest paying state, both states
  increased payment periods from the June 2007 quarter, with NSW up 2.9
  days and Victoria up 4.0 days

Want to learn more? Read the latest Quarterly Trade Payments Analysis.