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Client Liaison: Summary of Events
Client Liaison:
Summary of Events
ESCG & SSCG Meetings
The consultative group meetings for this quarter revealed some common areas of interest amongst key ABS clients. The effects of the resources boom on labour supply and labour mobility were major talking points, as well as the spiralling costs of housing and construction. Clients from both groups were also interested in obtaining small area data for a variety of regions across WA.
The Economic Statistics Consultative Group (ESCG) and Social Statistics Consultative Group (ESCG) meetings enable clients of the ABS to communicate cross government statistical needs and priorities, and provide feedback on the work of the ABS. They also allow government agencies to collaborate with the ABS and other agencies in the collection and dissemination of data that would be otherwise inaccessible.
Improving Your Aim
The 2007 Marketing and Business Networking Congress was held on 31 July at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. The theme for this year’s congress was ‘Marketing to the Ages’, a topic discussed and explored by a variety of Marketing personalities via a seminar styled discussion forum.
Wavne Rikkers, Director of the Client Liaison Unit of the ABS, delivered a presentation called ‘Improving Your Aim’, which highlighted the benefits of using ABS 2006 Census data to understand the demographics of target markets.
Other guest speakers included Dr. Simone Pettigrew from the University of Western Australia, Gary Roberts from Nova 93.7 and Roger James, National President of the Australian Marketing Institute.
Spreading the Word
Margaret Garner, Western Australia’s ABS Information Skills Manager, has been conducting free training sessions on how to access and download Census data from the ABS website. She has visited several regions of WA, highlighting the abundance of information that is freely available.
Margaret visited the Great Southern Development Commission and the Albany Public Library. Following this, she visited the East/West Pilbara Librarians Conference in Onslow. Special thanks must be made to Jo Roach for her help in providing transport and accommodation during the visit.
During August, Margaret accompanied the WA ABS Regional Director, Michael Tindall, to Kalgoorlie. Here they met with prominent figures in the famous mining town to discuss the results of the 2006 Census.
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