Migration, Replacement And Statistical BS

Last week on my show with Tarric Brooker we discussed the stouch about the ABS, migration and arrival statistics. Recall recent data on arrivals versus departures showed a significant uptick in population. The Australian Government’s official document, Fundamentals of migration in Australia: Migration concepts and measurements, from the Centre for Population, explicitly stated that “border crossings data are more timely than other migration flow data releases, meaning they can be used as a potential leading indicator for NOM”. The same document also states explicitly that border crossings (arrivals and departures) are an “early indicator of future migration flows”. Last week […]