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ABS boss on data integration: 'Why aren't we talking about this in the community?'

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ABS chief David Kalisch is pushing for data linkage across all levels of government and the private sector, but he thinks his fellow data geeks need to get out more. He wants more support in the struggle to build public trust and explain the benefits.

Public policy still at risk from dodgy data

By The Mandarin

Economy & Industry

A high Census response rate is no measure of data quality, says former Australian Bureau of Statistics chief Bill McLennan. We’ve yet to see if people answer as truthfully online as they do on paper.

ABS confident of public trust in Census despite boycott campaign

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

With four months to go until Census night, the Australian Bureau of Statistics faces a more difficult engagement task than usual. The agency tells The Mandarin civil disobedience can impact funding and service delivery.

When former bureaucrats speak out: insight and resentment

By Jason Whittaker

News

A former ABS head attacks the agency’s approach to privacy. An ex-Immigration spinner takes on his old stomping ground. When former bureaucrats speak out there’s rare insight but noses out of joint.

Bill McLennan

ABS boss on data integration: 'Why aren't we talking about this in the community?'

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Public policy still at risk from dodgy data

ABS confident of public trust in Census despite boycott campaign

When former bureaucrats speak out: insight and resentment