Tag Archives: Australian Bureau of Statistics

EVIDENTLY: Rethinking the black jobs dilemma

By Jon Altman, August 24, 2012
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NATIONAL: Unemployment in Aboriginal Australia doesn’t need to be entrenched, writes PROFESSOR JON ALTMAN*.

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ABS counts on new methods to ensure accurate survey

By Amy McQuire, July 25, 2012
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NATIONAL: The number of Indigenous Australians has risen from 2.3 percent of the population to 2.5 percent in the latest census, but there is still a significant undercount.

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Missed opportunity on health test: expert

By Tracker, August 25, 2011
A new framework for "community-driven" solutions to Closing the Gap has been launched.

NATIONAL: The exclusion of Indigenous children from parts of a national health survey is a mistake that will leave doctors with a large information gap about Aboriginal health, an expert says.

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Indigenous unemployment rising under Labor: ABS

By Jon Altman, August 10, 2011
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and mining magnate Andrew Forrest, who launched the Australian Employment Covenant. (AFP PHOTO/GREG WOOD)

NATIONAL: The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Labour Force survey was released last month, with little media attention. Which is a shame, writes PROFESSOR JON ALTMAN*, because it shows Indigenous unemployment rates have increased since Labor took office and pledged to ‘Close the Gap’.

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