PROJECTS
STATISTICS INDONESIA VISIT
The Victorian Office of the ABS hosted visitors from the Indonesian statistical agency, Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), in May. The visit was part of the technical assistance program being delivered by ABS for statistical capacity building within BPS. The ABS International Relations Unit coordinates programs between AusAID, under the Government Sector Linkages Program (GSLP), and the ABS statistical area identified for the program.
Delegates Mr Wien Kusdiatmono (Head of Political and Security Sub-Directorate), Ms Dewi Sri Takarini (Head Section of Preparation Data for Regional Resilience Statistics) and Mrs Neng Arniati (Statistician) elected to study the measurement and methodologies used in the production of crime statistics and to discuss social vulnerability and community resilience.
The National Centre for Crime and Justice Statistics provided delegates with a series of discussions about ABS crime, courts and corrections statistics and the conduct of ABS national crime related surveys and multi topic social surveys.
The Statistical Coordination Branch supported the visit by presenting an information session on State-based work, including community statistics.
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CRIME AND SAFETY SURVEYS REVIEW
A review of Australian National Crime and Safety Surveys commenced in May 2005 in response to a priority information need identified in the National Information Development Plan for Crime and Justice Statistics (cat. no. 4520.0). The first phase of the review is specifically focused on assessing the feasibility of a better survey model. To assist in this process, users’ views have been sought on information requirements from crime and safety surveys and the frequency with which this information is needed.
Proposals for a better survey model will ultimately need to balance the identified demand for information with the practical constraints of providing the information. Once an alternative model is identified, stakeholders will be notified and an example of the model will be distributed to interested users. It is planned that a paper outlining a potential new model or models will be circulated late in 2005.
FREE PUBLICATIONS ON THE WEB
What publications are now free on the web?
From 1 July, 2005, the range of free content on the ABS web site (previously limited to "Main Features" for most statistical releases) has been expanded to include electronic publications (PDF and HTML based content). This includes all PDF and HTML publications currently available.
ABS Crime and Justice publications are now all free of charge electronically. They can be found listed under sub-section 45 'Crime and Justice' of the 'Publications' section of the AusStats menu. Printed copies of the publications can be ordered from the website, but will incur a charge.
What tables are now free on the web?
Since 1 July, 2005 electronic tables in spreadsheet or data cube format have also been made available free of charge. They can be found listed under sub-section 45 'Crime and Safety' of the 'Data Cubes' section of the AusStats menu.
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