By Julian Bajkowski Independent economic researchers who debunked claims that the majority of Australian households would be financially worse off under a price on carbon have revealed they called upon the same heavy duty data mining software more commonly used by big banks, defence and revenue agencies to get their numbers straight. The National Centre […]
25 October, 2012
By Staff writers Australia’s largest official survey of population drug use is actively considering new ways of gleaning vital health information from people as it tries to grow response rates while keeping costs down. Tender documents calling for bids to undertake fieldwork for the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) reveal that automated telephone […]
2 October, 2012
By Paul Hemsley Municipality of Burwood has upgraded its street lighting to increase community safety and crime prevention. As part of a $40000 lighting project for the council’s ‘Watch Out’ campaign, additional street lighting has been installed between Burwood Road and Strathfield train station, and along Gladstone Road and part of Wentworth Road. Ausgrid is […]
4 August, 2011
By Lilia Guan The West Australia Local Government Association (WALGA) believes data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Report into the waste industry, showed WA as having one of the lowest recycling rates in the nation. According to WALGA this could point to “ineffective use of funds” being collected through the state government’s landfill […]
5 July, 2011
By Rob O’Brien Australia recorded the highest annual population increase in nearly 50 years according to official figures released yesterday with Western Australia topping the states with a 3.1 per cent surge. Australia’s population increased by 2.1 per cent for the year ending March 2009 according to statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. […]
23 September, 2009
Australia’s Indigenous population is projected to exceed 700,000 by 2021, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is likely to reach between 713,000 and 721,100 people in 2021. The figures are based on a number of assumptions about future demographic trends including recent […]
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