1338.1 - NSW State and Regional Indicators, Sep 2009
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Back to top EXPERIMENTAL ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS, ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER AUSTRALIANS - 1991 TO 2021 Experimental Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 1991 to 2021 (cat. no. 3238.0) was released on 8 September 2009. This publication contains experimental estimates and projections of the Indigenous population of Australia and the states and territories. Projections for Indigenous Regions and Remoteness Areas were released on 30 September 2009. Key findings include:
Back to top AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL TRENDS: LATEST EDITION The ABS released the latest edition of Australian Social Trends (cat. no. 4102.0) on 24 September 2009. The publication draws together a wide range of statistics from the ABS and other official sources to provide a picture of Australian society and how it is changing over time. The latest edition features five articles:
The release also included indicator spreadsheets presenting national and state summary data on health and economic resources. Back to top TABLEBUILDER AVAILABLE NOW! The ABS is pleased to announce the release of TableBuilder, a new online tool that allows you to create your own tables of 2006 Census data by accessing all variables contained in the Census Output Record File including age, education, housing, income, transport, religion, ethnicity, occupation, family composition and more for all ABS geographic areas. TableBuilder also allows you the freedom to select and combine areas and data that interest you by creating your own customised geographic areas or custom data groups. You start with a blank table and then select Census variables to cross-tabulate to produce small to very large tables. The tables, graphs and maps created in TableBuilder can be downloaded in a variety of formats. Tables can also be saved within the product so they can be retrieved in future sessions. Access to 2006 Census data in TableBuilder is available by subscription for the one off price of $1,655. More details on the functionality of TableBuilder can be obtained from the ABS website or by contacting the Census Products and Services team (census.software@abs.gov.au). A full list of 2006 Census variables available in TableBuilder can be found by accessing the TableBuilder Dictionary. TableBuilder has been jointly developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Space-Time Research Pty Ltd. Back to top CENSUS 2011: AN UPDATE Planning is well underway for the 2011 Census of Population and Housing including a Dress Rehearsal which is scheduled for June 2010. The Dress Rehearsal will be undertaken in selected regions across Australia including parts of Sydney and regional NSW. Conducting a Census in Australia is an enormous undertaking, involving the recruitment of over 30,000 people (including 10,000 people in NSW), large scale public relations activities, and detailed local strategies for reaching every member in our diverse and dispersed communities. The last Federal Budget delivered $79.5m for payment of field staff in the 2011 Census. This represents an increase in funding and will ensure compliance with the new National Employment Standards under the revised workplace relations system. The ABS also received $20.8m through Council of Australian Governments (COAG) initiatives to improve the quality of the Census count of Indigenous Australians. The ABS is continuing to engage with local governments, Federal and State agencies, and non-government organisations to discuss local issues regarding recruitment and enumeration. All of this time and money is dedicated to ensuring high quality data across all regions and for all communities from the 2011 Census. If you're interested in discussing our planning for the 2011 Census, please contact Mark Harding, NSW Census Field Operations Manager, on (02) 9268 4600 or nsw.statistics@abs.gov.au. Back to top COAG AND THE ROLE OF THE ABS The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) is the peak intergovernmental forum in Australia. Its role is to initiate, develop and monitor the implementation of policy reforms that are of national significance. In December 2008, COAG signed five new historic agreements to provide an overarching framework between Commonwealth and State financial reporting relations and a new national reform agenda across five broad areas of policy being:
The ABS has been a key player in the COAG process, not just as a data provider but more importantly via the adoption of the ABS Data Quality Framework by all parties reporting on COAG outcomes and outputs. This will enable the performance indicator data (collated by the Productivity Commission) to make a significant and increased contribution to each of the policy reform areas through the preparation and validation of performance reporting data. To facilitate this role, a senior ABS officer in ABS NSW was outposted to the COAG Reform Council (CRC) for a period earlier this year. To date, the CRC has achieved a number of milestones in its reporting responsibilities to COAG, culminating in the Report of the National Agreement on Education, Skills and Workplace Development. ABS provided valuable quality assurance assistance and analytical support led by a specialist team set up in ABS NSW. CRC will now focus on the identification of data gaps and possible improvements to data collections as well as reporting on the reform areas of Health and Ageing, Disability, Affordable Housing and Indigenous. Back to top SUMMIT PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON COMMUNITY INDICATORS An exciting line up of speakers provided for stimulating and informative discussion at the Community Indicators Summit held in Brisbane on 22-23 July 2009. The Summit, hosted by the ABS, highlighted the benefits of having integrated information management methods and promoted a coordinated, coherent and consistent approach to the development of community indicators across Australia. The event was also an important event for advancing the National Statistical Service (NSS). Around 170 delegates from government, academia and community organisations were keen to put forward their questions, ideas and thoughts during the Summit. Community-based indicators are becoming a hot topic as global discussion increases on the need to develop a more comprehensive view of progress than just the economic one (for example, Gross Domestic Product). Michael Hogan, Assistant Director-General of the Department of Communities in Queensland, set the context for the broad and timely discussion. Speakers including Jon Hall, from the OECD, and Leigh Gatt, from Big Cities New Zealand Project, followed with their views and experiences on measuring progress. Professor Yvonne Cadet-James, from James Cook University, Queensland, spoke about the successful development of Indigenous community indicators. This topic was further discussed at one of the concurrent sessions, led by Urban Sociologist Geoff Woolcock, from Griffith University. Outcomes of the Summit, including the Summit declaration prepared by delegates during the two days, will be presented as part of Australia's contribution to the 3rd OECD World Forum on 'Statistics, Knowledge and Policy' to be held in Busan, Korea in October 2009. The Summit video presentations are available through the NSS website. See www.nss.gov.au/communityindicators09 for more details. If you would like more information on the Summit please email inquiries@nss.gov.au. Back to top Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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