A good thing
Have been beavering away working on the housing policy consultancy, writing a piece for publication particularly concentrating on Sydney's problems.
It has been made a lot easier by the change in policy for ABS statistics making most ABS published statistics freely available on its website.
US official statistics are still much more voluminous and easily available. Still, the comparison is much less appalling than it used to be. Given the ABS has the legal power to force folk to give information, and the clear public good nature of many statistics, one can only say the change in policy has been a thoroughly good thing.
It has been made a lot easier by the change in policy for ABS statistics making most ABS published statistics freely available on its website.
US official statistics are still much more voluminous and easily available. Still, the comparison is much less appalling than it used to be. Given the ABS has the legal power to force folk to give information, and the clear public good nature of many statistics, one can only say the change in policy has been a thoroughly good thing.