NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Wellbeing budget still relies on old data

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Original article by Lily McCaffrey
The Australian – Page: 2 : 16-Sep-25

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the timeliness of data is a vital part of the federal government’s Measuring What Matters national wellbeing framework. The government announced this framework as part of its ‘wellbeing budget’ in 2023, and Chalmers subsequently transferred responsibility for the framework’s reporting to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. However, the latest update to the framework shows that the ABS is largely using data that is at least three years old for many of the key wellbeing metrics. Chalmers says the government’s $14.8m funding boost for the ABS in 2024 will improve future Measuring What Matters data.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

More than one in five Australians worked from home at height of 2021 lockdowns, census shows

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Original article by Caitlin Cassidy, Nick Evershed
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 12-Oct-22

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that 25 per cent of capital city residents were working from home on Census day in August 2021. Some 20 per cent of people nationwide worked from home on the day of the Census, which coincided with COVID-19 lockdown restrictions across most of eastern Australia. The figures also show that 31 per cent of NSW residents worked from home on Census day, compared with just 4.8 per cent in 2016. Likewise, 26 per cent of people in Victoria were working from home, up from 4.6 per cent in 2016. Australian statistician David Gruen says the 2021 Census provides a "fascinating insight" into how Australians worked and lived during a global pandemic.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

Australians expect 2019 will be better than 2018

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 14-Jan-19

A special Roy Morgan survey taken in mid-December shows 44% of Australians think 2019 will be ‘better’ than 2018, 32% say 2019 will be ‘the same’, only 14% say 2019 will be ‘worse’ and 10% don’t know. Australians are far more positive about 2019 than they were a year ago when asked about 2018, when only 31% said 2018 would be ‘better’ than 2017, a record low. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says Australians have entered 2019 in a more positive frame of mind than a year ago, with 44% expecting 2019 will be ‘better’ than 2018 an increase of 13% points from a year ago. Levine notes the first half of 2019 is set to be dominated by political issues, with the New South Wales State election scheduled for late March, and a federal election expected only a few weeks later in mid-May.

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Australians are real stars at cheating – Ball-tampering is merely the tip of the iceberg

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Original article by Janet Albrechtsen
The Australian – Page: 12 : 4-Apr-18

Factors such as the extent of "liar loans" revealed by the banking royal commission, the black economy, and rampant insurance fraud and theft from shops suggest that Australia is a nation of cheats. The forgone tax revenue from the $A25bn-a-year black economy, for example, is much greater than tax evasion by large companies. For many people in a nation founded by petty criminals, the real crime arising from cricket’s ball-tampering scandal may be not the plot itself but the fact that Smith, Warner and Bancroft did it live on international television.

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AUSTRALIA. ROYAL COMMISSION INTO MISCONDUCT IN THE BANKING, SUPERANNUATION AND FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE, BUNNINGS GROUP LIMITED

Australians losing faith in democracy, report finds

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Original article by Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 29-Nov-17

Just 28 per cent of Australians trust the federal government to do the right thing by them either most of the time or almost always, compared to 48 per cent in 2009. This is according to the latest findings of the Monash University-Scanlon Foundation Social Cohesion Program, which has gauged Australians’ views on issues such as immigration, discrimination and political trust annually for the past decade. Over a third of respondents stated Australia’s current political system needs either a major revamp or replacing altogether.

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MONASH UNIVERSITY, SCANLON FOUNDATION, ONE NATION PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS

Migrant nation born as Christian heritage fades

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Original article by Rick Morton
The Australian – Page: 1 & 8 : 28-Jun-17

Data from the 2016 Census shows that the proportion of Australians who identify as Christian has fallen to 52 per cent. The data also shows that 49.3 per cent of Australians were either born overseas or have at least one parent who was not born in Australia. Meanwhile, a growing number of migrations originate from Asia rather than Europe, with people from India and China accounting for 27 per cent of migrants since 2006. The Census data also indicates that the ageing of the nation’s population is gathering pace, with the number of Australians aged 65+ rising by 57 per cent since 2006.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH AND METHODS

Nation’s snapshot: ages, mortgagees on the rise

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Original article by Rick Morton
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 12-Apr-17

The first data from the 2016 Census shows that the "typical" Australian is a 38-year-old married women with two children and a mortgage. While both parents of this average Australian were born in Australia, the Census data shows that in both Victoria and New South the average resident now boasts at least one parent who was born overseas. The data also indicates that Australia has become a nation of home loan borrowers. New South Wales and Tasmania are now the only states where a majority of residents own their home outright.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

An optimistic lot, facing the future with confidence

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Original article by Natasha Bita
The Australian – Page: 1-Jun : 15-Jul-14

The Great Australian Survey has been carried out by Newspoll on behalf of "The Australian". The survey shows that 70 per cent of respondents believe that people get a "fair go" in Australia, while 75 per cent say that the bonds of "mateship" still exist. Meanwhile, 92 per cent of respondents said they are proud to be Australian, while 98 per cent regard optimism as a national trait

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