Tag: numbers

Indigenous Affairs

No end in sight to ever-rising Indigenous incarceration numbers

The latest data shows Indigenous Australians in prisons have reached a new all-time high, Alan Austin reports.

Source: No end in sight to ever-rising Indigenous incarceration numbers

LNP, LNP Government

The Liberal Government doesn’t care if you die

The Liberal Government has a new tactic in the effort to reopen our country — convincing the public that COVID-19 deaths aren’t a big deal, writes Dr Jennifer Wilson. NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER Gladys Berejiklian has mastered the challenging technique of announcing COVID-19 case numbers and deaths in a manner so upbeat it verges on jollity.

Source: The Liberal Government doesn’t care if you die

LNP Economic Management, LNP Government, LNP Policy

Breaking: Number Of Australians Vaccinated Just Exceeded Number Of Government Announcements On The Subject! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Ok, here’s a brief timeline of events in the vaccine rollout. August 2020: Scott Morrison announces that Australia has secured 25 million doses of the Oxford Astra-Zeneca vaccines and that it would mean “early access” for all Australians. The vaccines would be “as mandatory as you could possibly make it.”

Source: Breaking: Number Of Australians Vaccinated Just Exceeded Number Of Government Announcements On The Subject! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Informed Comment

Numbers can lie: the science behind opinion polls – Michael West

opinion polls

Results from opinion polls are regularly accorded more weight than they deserve, particularly given that their methodology is not transparent; their language can shape answers; and only a small percentage of those contacted respond. Yet polls may also independently shape voting choices. Michael Tanner reports.

Source: Numbers can lie: the science behind opinion polls – Michael West

Immigration

You decide Australia’s population, we’ll show you how it looks – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Immigrants boost economic growth by increasing the percentage of people in the workforce. They also tend to be younger, better educated and more motivated than the average resident “owing to their decision to move to Australia”, according to the 2015 Intergenerational Report.

This is especially true in Australia, which has emphasised skilled migration since the mid-1990s.

“If we didn’t have as much migration not only would Australia be much smaller, it would be much older because migrants are traditionally younger than the average resident,” Mr Howe said.

via You decide Australia’s population, we’ll show you how it looks – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Abbott

Abbott: Master of lies, damned lies and statistics – » The Australian Independent Media Network

“There were three gradations of inveracity – there were lies, there were damned lies, and there were statistics” (Arthur Balfour, 1892) You may have noticed that Abbott and other members of the front bench regularly throw around numbers and statistics to back up what they’re saying. Numbers and statistics are quantifiable, so when they are used, they…

Source: Abbott: Master of lies, damned lies and statistics – » The Australian Independent Media Network