The Australian Bureau of Statistics has now echoed misleading economic claims that advance the Morrison Government’s position, writes Alan Austin.
Source: The Bureau of Statistics misleads Australians on the economy
Tag: ABS
It is time the Australian Bureau of Statistics changed the way it reported unemployment figures, writes Alan Austin. Australia’s real unemployment rate is closer to 13% than 7%.
Reality Underemployed: time for truth in jobless figures – Michael West
Someone is not getting their funding cut. It’s the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Quiet Australians! It has been a week, and nobody seems to have noticed, but the front page of the GDP release has been doctored, sorry … enhanced. In a happy coincidence for Josh Frydenberg, a spot of rounding and seasonal adjustment have delivered the Treasurer another 0.3 per cent for his next GDP.
Looking behind those GDP numbers
via Smoke and Mirrors: how the ABS tarted up the numbers for Josh Frydenberg – Michael West
The majority of its social statistical collections are only possible through user funding, with budget funding devoted predominantly to its economic and population stats.
The cutbacks have obliged the bureau to “prioritise”. It has reduced or stopped a number of statistical collections, with Kalisch admitting it hasn’t undertaken a survey of the way Australians use their time, nor a survey of mental health, for more than a decade.
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