Statistics aren’t known for being sexy. Or funny. So how was the 2011 Census Twitter account allowed to be so cheeky? Meet David McHugh, the man behind the account.
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We’re getting old: census over the century
In honour of census night, check out the ABC’s great interactive graphic showing Australia’s ageing population based on 100 years of census population data.
Census 2011: finding and counting 2.3% of the population
Thanks to $20 million from the government to address the undercount of indigenous people this time around, a significant amount of census resources have been allocated to ensure indigenous communities are counted accurately, reports Amber Jamieson and Crikey intern Sophie Malcolm.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey Says – 28 June, 2007
It may be time to redefine the central debate in Australian public life. Time to redraft the traditional lines of engagement.
The Economy: Government bites the bullet, trendies carp and complain
Within days, there will be 21 million Aussies. We are highly multi-cultural, on average older and richer than ever before, but with widening gaps between rich and poor and with our own strongly rising debt, the phenomenon that is so worrying the gnomes of the BIS.
Census working overtime
Fortunately, like instructors in a cruel class of yoga, statistical minds will hone the fat and manipulate the muscle of the Census. Until it makes some sense.
