The ABS is carrying out a consultation to better measure the progress of Australia. This blog will allow you to participate in this exciting project.
Click
here to tell us what matters most in Australian life - because to assess whether Australia is progressing, we need to know what we want to progress towards.
Posted on 28 November 2011
Although we're not regularly putting up blog posts, we value your insights and thoughts and we are continuing to monitor the blog. So please do still leave comments and contribute to this national conversation.
You can read some of the comments by other readers
here The findings from our consultation will be released in a report late-2012.
Serhat
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Posted on 8 November 2011
This will be our last regular blog post. We would like to thank everyone who has provided a comment and had their say. This blog was something of a first for the ABS and has been an effective way to interact with a wide audience. Hearing your thoughts on this topic has been rewarding experience for all the MAP team and especially for me.
I hope the ABS will continue to use blogs in the future to communicate with the Australian public.
While we will not be putting up regular posts on this blog anymore, we will continue to monitor it. So you can still leave comments and contribute to this national conversation.
The findings from our consultation will be released in a report late 2012.
I'd like to thank everyone for their contribution on behalf of the whole MAP team.
Serhat
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Posted on 7 November 2011
We've had contributions from several prominent Australians on our blog about Australia's progress. To see or read what they think about progress click on the links below.
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Posted on 4 November 2011
The MAP team would like to thank all those who have contributed to this national conversation on Australia's progress and told us what matters to them. There is still time for you to have your say and tell us what is important to you for Australia's progress. To read some of the contributions, click
here If you prefer to make a formal written submission please read our
Public Submission Guidelines or you can send an email to
measuringprogress@abs.gov.au Serhat
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Posted on 31 October 2011
Lauren Jackson, international basketball star and 3 times winner of the ‘most valuable player’ in the WNBL talks to us about Australia's progress.
To read the transcript click here
The views expressed in this opinion piece are the personal views of the individuals concerned and they do not represent the views of the ABS. The intention of this opinion piece is to generate debate and discussion about how Australians view progress. These views will assist the ABS in measuring progress in the future. The ABS continues to be independent and objective.
Photographs are supplied by the Canberra Times.
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Posted on 21 October 2011
Links to
Part 1 and
Part 2 In his presentation, Jon said that it is important to look at subjective wellbeing or happiness, along with more objective measures because the two can tell different stories about happiness and wellbeing.
Jon gave an example from a field called behavioural economics to demonstrate his point.
The example looked at unemployment and happiness and life partners. It showed you would be happiest when both you and your partner are employed - this is what you would probably expect.
To read more click here
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Posted on 19 October 2011
In
part 1, I talked about how Jon explained subjective wellbeing and the different ways of looking at it. In this part, I'll look at some of the reasons why Jon believes we need to measure subjective wellbeing. (We'll put up a link on this blog to the whole presentation, once it becomes available).
Jon said that subjective wellbeing matters because it can drive objective wellbeing (the argument for looking at both is that objective measures identify the determinants of subjective wellbeing). And he gave a very interesting example of a
study conducted on a group of nuns.
To read more click here
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Posted on 17 October 2011
Eva Cox, the well-known feminist and social commentator who wrote about progress for our blog
here appeared on a couple of radio shows talking about progress.
Here are links to two of her radio interviews:
Serhat
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Posted on 13 October 2011
What gets measured gets done! by Rob Ward AM What a gift MAP is to all Australians who want help shape our future! By at least knowing what our life looks like now we can help paint the picture of what we want it to be for future generations. The MAP Dashboard gives us the clues.
MAP 2011 tells us we have regressed on productivity in 2011 and are still going backwards on biodiversity and the atmosphere. A simple way of using the signposts to set us on a course to all indicators being Green, is all Australians shaping and getting behind a plan to move us from where we are to where we want to be. To date our political leaders have refused to sign up to a vision for our great nation. Policy making is generally ad hoc and reactionary, save some major positive steps such as compulsory superannuation and others. MAP makes ”signing up” to turning all indicators to green a very tangible goal of turning a dream to a reality. It is now up to all of us, including in particular our policy makers, to have the courage to use the signposts to set the course for the future and hold all of us accountable. Keep going ABS – your work is vital for all Australians. It’s up to us to use it.
Rob Ward is the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Advisor at L'Estrange Counsel and Advisors and is a member of the Measures of Australia's Progress Expert Reference Group.
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Posted on 7 October 2011
I'm not sure how it is in other agencies but luckily in the ABS we have the opportunity to attend some very interesting seminar.
Recently, we attended a seminar on Subjective Wellbeing by Jon Hall. This is a growing area and personally I find it one of the more interesting and engaging areas when looking at societal progress. Jon was leading the OECD's Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies since it began in 2005. Recently, he returned to work at the ABS.
To read more click here
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